{"title":"Impressions from EASD 2022","authors":"C. Day","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.392","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44413616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Fetherston, S. Tee, `Meilan Kwok, Satish Artham, P. Carey, R. Nayar, D. Bishop, A. Joshi
{"title":"Use of a simplified local guideline improves “front door” management of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in people admitted to hospital with COVID-19","authors":"Elizabeth Fetherston, S. Tee, `Meilan Kwok, Satish Artham, P. Carey, R. Nayar, D. Bishop, A. Joshi","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.397","url":null,"abstract":"Background COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic on 11th March 2020. COVID-19 increases risk of hyperglycaemia regardless of prior diabetes diagnosis. Following results of the RECOVERY trial showing survival benefit in people with COVID-19 who required oxygen, dexamethasone has been used to improve outcomes.1 Dexamethasone (a glucocorticoid) may exacerbate hyperglycaemia in people with diabetes and can precipitate glucocorticoid-induced diabetes in others. In the context of COVID-19 infection, stress-related hyperglycaemia increases risk of mortality during hospitalization.2 In order to improve recognition and management of COVID-19-related hyperglycaemia, the National Diabetes Inpatient COVID response team published relevant guidance.3","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49213399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Mulla, S. Ravindran, Michele Cui, Simon Broadhurst, Laura Sharp, Zoe Bullock, M. Carroll, Chantal Kong
{"title":"Enhancing inpatient diabetes care by developing a new Capillary Blood Glucose and ketone monitoring chart: a Quality Improvement Project (QIP)","authors":"K. Mulla, S. Ravindran, Michele Cui, Simon Broadhurst, Laura Sharp, Zoe Bullock, M. Carroll, Chantal Kong","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.396","url":null,"abstract":"Background The 2018 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA) reported that people with diabetes mellitus (DM) experienced substantially longer hospital stays, poor glucose control and frequent medication errors.1 Intercurrent illnesses can impact blood glucose readings;2 therefore, DM management may need to be tailored when people with diabetes are hospital inpatients to prevent dysglycaemia, which is associated with harm.1 There has been an increased number of admissions relating to diabetes during the pandemic.3 Hospital admission may be an opportunity to improve glycaemic control, to educate people and potentially to reduce future complications. People who are on glucose-lowering medication(s) should monitor their capillary blood glucose (CBG).4 It is very important to display CBG and ketone readings in a clear, interpretable manner and to document them in a timely fashion to enable pattern recognition and titrate diabetes medications effectively. This allows one to determine the impact of change too. Sharma D et al concluded that a colour-coded CBG chart led to more actions being recorded when dysglycaemia occurred and to reduced mortality.5 Our aspiration was to achieve the same result at Watford General Hospital (WGH). Prior to this project, most people with diabetes had their CBG checked four times a day, but this was not necessarily before meals. It was randomly conducted, which led to an increase in adverse events audited by NaDIA-Harms and an increased number of referrals to the diabetes team. This required urgent intervention from the diabetes team. There were no clear instructions for ward staff outlining when to check the patient’s CBG or ketones at WGH. It is difficult to establish a pattern of hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia using the current line graph, which makes titration of diabetes medications tough. Moreover, there were no sections for nursing staff to add notes for any interventions carried out for dysglycaemia. After reviewing charts used at different hospitals, the team decided to develop a new chart, which looks similar to the one that people with diabetes use at home. The new Joint British Diabetes Society guidelines (JBDS) promote self-management of diabetes as an inpatient;4 a familiar chart would promote this.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44979938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Manley, Andreas Karwath, John A. Williams, P. Nightingale, J. Webber, R. Raghavan, Alison Barratt, C. Webster, R. Round, I. Stratton, G. Gkoutos, G. Roberts, Samiul Mostafa, Sandip Ghosh
{"title":"use of HbA1c for new diagnosis of diabetes in those with hyperglycaemia on admission to or attendance at hospital urgently requires research","authors":"S. Manley, Andreas Karwath, John A. Williams, P. Nightingale, J. Webber, R. Raghavan, Alison Barratt, C. Webster, R. Round, I. Stratton, G. Gkoutos, G. Roberts, Samiul Mostafa, Sandip Ghosh","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.386","url":null,"abstract":"The prevalence of diabetes in Birmingham is 11% but it is 22% in hospital inpatients. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham (QEHB) serves a multi-ethnic population with 6% Afro-Caribbean, 19% South Asian and 70% White European.\u0000A clinical audit of 18,965 emergency admissions to QEHB showed that 5% were undiagnosed but had admission glucose in the ‘diabetes’ range and 16% were in the ‘at risk’ range. The proportion of Afro-Caribbeans (7%) and South Asians (8%) in the ‘diabetes’ range was higher than White Europeans (5%). Given the magnitude of the problem, this paper explores the issues concerning the use of reflex HbA1c testing in the UK for diagnosis of diabetes in hospital admissions. HbA1c testing is suitable for most patients but conditions affecting red blood cell turnover invalidate the results in a small number of people.\u0000However, there are pertinent questions relating to the introduction of such testing in the NHS on a routine basis. Literature searches on a topical question ‘Is hyperglycaemia identified during emergency admission/attendance acted upon?’, were performed from 2016 to 2021 and 2016 to 2022. They identified 21 different, relevant, research papers - 5 from Australia, 9 from Europe including 4 from the UK, 5 from America and 1 each from Canada and Africa. These papers revealed an absence of established procedures for the management and follow-up of routinely detected hyperglycaemia using HbA1c when no previous diabetes diagnosis was recorded.\u0000Further work is required to determine the role of reflex HbA1c testing for diagnosis of diabetes in admissions with hyperglycaemia, and the cost-effectiveness and role of point-of-care HbA1c testing.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45434919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"origins of type 2 diabetes medications","authors":"Clifford J Bailey","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.388","url":null,"abstract":"The origins of diabetes medications provide an intriguing catalogue of clinical serendipity and scientific design. Use of insulin (beyond 1922) gave recognition to insulin resistance and the categorisation of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The first sulphonylurea (carbutamide, 1956) emerged from its use as an antibacterial sulphonamide prone to cause hypoglycaemia, and biguanides were first used to treat diabetes in 1957 despite their glucose-lowering properties having been known since the 1920s. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors arose from a screening programme for amylase inhibitors by Bayer in the 1970s and acarbose was introduced in 1990. The first thiazolidinedione (ciglitazone; not developed) was identified in a screening programme for triglyceride-lowering compounds by Takeda in the late 1970s and gave rise to pioglitazone (approved 1999), although first to market was troglitazone (from Warner Lambert 1997, withdrawn 2000). Exendin, an analogue of the incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), was identified in 1992 in the saliva of a lizard (Heloderma suspectum), and took until 2005 to be marketed as exenatide. To promote the efficacy of endogenous GLP-1, its rapid inactivation by the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP4) was blocked by clever molecular design of the first DPP4 inhibitors (vildagliptin and sitagliptin, approved in 2006). SGLT2 inhibitors are based on phlorizin, identified in apple tree bark (1835) and modified (2000) to avoid intestinal degradation: further modifications to increase selectivity against SGLT2 gave dapagliflozin and canagliflozin - approved 2012 and 2013, respectively, in Europe.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48001130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Dashora, P. Kempegowda, A. Li, S. Harris, E. Castro, R. Hillson, C. Jones, K. Dhatariya
{"title":"The Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2022 The best interventions: redesigning, rebuilding and maintaining safe inpatient diabetes care during COVID","authors":"U. Dashora, P. Kempegowda, A. Li, S. Harris, E. Castro, R. Hillson, C. Jones, K. Dhatariya","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.389","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The annual National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA and NaDIA-Harms) in the UK continues to show significant problems with patient care. During the COVID pandemic patient care has been even more difficult. New initiatives are urgently required to improve inpatient safety for people with diabetes. Method: The Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS-IP) organised the seventh national Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award on the theme of “the best interventions: redesigning, rebuilding and maintaining safe inpatient diabetes care during COVID”. Result: The winner was the DEKODE team, led by Dr Punith Kempegowda from University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, for their innovative quality improvement project across hospitals during COVID to improve diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA) management and study DKA in people with COVID. Adherence to national guidance improved in some hospitals, with falls in hypoglycaemia, and overall there was a significant improvement in awareness about DKA amongst junior doctors. The King’s College NHS Foundation Trust team, led by Adrian Li and colleagues, received the highly commended award for their innovative project of remote blood glucose (BG) monitoring across healthcare boundaries. This improved diabetes control and tackled health inequalities. Summary and conclusion: These and similar schemes need to be developed, promoted and shared to improve safety for people with diabetes admitted in hospital during COVID times.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67138968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts from ABCD Conference","authors":"A. Two","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.393","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are linked to morbidity, decreased mobility, and feelings of isolation, powerlessness and sadness. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in adult patients with DFU. Method(s): Patients with DFU attending our multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic from February 14th to March 14th, 2022 were invited to complete a questionnaire which included sociodemographic questions, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale to assess depression and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) to assess anxiety. For each scale, a cut-off total score of 10 was used to identify those who met the criteria for anxiety and depression. Result(s): 60 patients completed the questionnaire. 83.25% of the participants reported that their diabetes foot care had not been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 25% reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms, 10% reported mild anxiety symptoms while 65% reported no or minimal anxiety symptoms. Regarding depression, 30% reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms, 10% reported mild depressive symptoms, while 60% reported no or minimal depression (Figure 1). Patients with other co-morbidities were three times more likely to report depression compared to those without other co-morbidities (OR=3.2;95% CI 1.10-10.26). Patients younger than 50 years were nearly nine times more likely to report anxiety compared to those aged 60 years or above (adjusted OR=8.9;95% CI: 1.01-86.41) taking into account other variables. Conclusion(s): The prevalence of depression and anxiety in this cohort of patients with DFU was low, but the severity was moderate to severe in those who were affected. Patients with other co-morbidities and those younger than 50 years have worse mental health status. This finding needs to be taken into account in the management of patients with DFU. Attempts to reduce anxiety and/or depression could improve the quality of life of DFU patients.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":"114 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41294917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why are GLP-1 receptor agonists in short supply?","authors":"Clifford J. Bailey","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.382","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45182375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Gulamhussein, Ridwaan Sohawon, H. Travers, M. Wall
{"title":"Intra-operative tissue sampling and microbiological analyses during minor lower limb amputations in patients with diabetes are poorly reported and difficult to interpret","authors":"M. Gulamhussein, Ridwaan Sohawon, H. Travers, M. Wall","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.383","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetic foot disease (DFD) is a leading cause of acute sepsis and has long-term consequences for patients. It poses a strain on health resources in both the developed and developing world, with a significant impact on patient quality of life due to the associated complications of DFD and the often multiple interventions required to control infection and preserve limb tissue. Although there is evidence in the literature regarding early detection and prompt management of this debilitating condition, there is little structured evidence on how to gain accurate tissue sampling with processing to allow targeted antimicrobial therapy from minor amputations where bone cultures have been sent.\u0000Methods: A literature review was conducted to establish the publications on intra-operative bone sampling and processing taken during diabetic foot minor amputations and the pathways described for processing sample acquisition.\u0000Findings: Thirty papers were identified which highlighted some of the processes involved in the procurement of intraoperative tissue samples. No published paper reported a complete pathway for the ascertainment of samples, transfer and processing of these specimens.\u0000Conclusion: There is no published consistent pathway published for procurement of intra-operative diabetic foot specimens, for their storage, transportation and processing. Without documented, reproducible processes, it is difficult to interpret published results. This makes planning for targeted antibiotic therapy more difficult.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47607661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Shah, Thushari Bandara, Harshal Deshmukh, Lucy Batten, C. Walton, T. Sathyapalan
{"title":"Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and erythrocytosis: a review","authors":"N. Shah, Thushari Bandara, Harshal Deshmukh, Lucy Batten, C. Walton, T. Sathyapalan","doi":"10.15277/bjd.2022.384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2022.384","url":null,"abstract":"Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a class of anti-hyperglycaemic agents widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). They function by reducing renal glucose reabsorption and thereby promote urinary glucose excretion, resulting in improvement in glycaemic control. In large-scale clinical trials, SGLT2i have been shown to reduce cardiovascular mortality, non-fatal myocardial infarction and stroke significantly. In addition, clinical evidence suggests that they are renal protective as their use reduces the relative risk of end-stage renal disease and death from renal causes. These positive results have led to a rapid uptake of SGLT2i in clinical practice. Recently, clinical studies and case reports have suggested a link between SGLT2i therapy and erythrocytosis. The authors discuss possible mechanisms at cellular level that may cause erythrocytosis and explore its clinical relevance in people living with T2DM who are taking SGLT2i therapy.","PeriodicalId":42951,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Diabetes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48186554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}