Title An exploration of the management of blood glucose in hospital patients with diabetes at
the end-of-life. Objective Investigate current practice through retrospective medical notes …

Introduction Diabetes is an increasingly common co-morbidity and Diabetes UK has
provided guidelines to help decision-making during patients 'last days of life to maximise …

Background: The terminally ill diabetic inpatients who had blood glucose monitoring
continued until the day of death ranged from 32% to 76% according to previous studies …

Approximately half a million people die in the United Kingdom each year, of whom more
than threequarters are aged 75 years and over. Calculations based on the prevalence of …

Introduction: The management of diabetes in terminally-ill patients poses a dilemma with
huge variations in practice in the hospital setting. The aim of this study was to establish how …

Background Diabetes at the end of life (EoL) is characterized by blood glucose fluctuations
that result from decreased oral intake, side effects of medications, altered physiology, and …

A literature review revealed no evidence-based guidelines specific to managing diabetes in
the context of palliative care. The purpose of the current project was to describe the …

In clinical practice, many people with diabetes also have other comorbidities. The challenge
for clinicians, and for their patients, is to jointly manage all aspects of their care as well as …

While hospital admission may be required for diabetesrelated emergencies such as
hyperosmolar hyperglycaemia, in general, hospital admission should be avoided in those …

Background Of the half a million people who die in the United Kingdom each year,
approximately 6–9% will have Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The 2011 position statement …