Stopping the fast prior to 72 hours resulted in hospital cost savings for patients with hypoglycemia in whom doctors used a new test to rule out an insulinoma, a rare pancreatic tumor. AACE2023
develop hypoglycemia within 72 hours, hence, the use of a 72-hour fast to detect these tumors.
"We are excited to share how a relatively simple adjustment to our protocol allowed us to successfully reduce the burden of fasting on patients and more effectively utilize hospital resources. We hope that this encourages other centers to consider doing the same," Lundholm told"These data support a 48-hour fast. The literature supports that's sufficient to detect 95% of insulinomas...
She added that more data would be optimal, given that there were under 100 patients in the study,"but I do think that devising protocols is...very much still at the hands of the endocrinologists. I think that this work could make groups re-evaluate their protocol and change it, maybe even with a small dataset and then move on from there and see what they see."
However, although BHB testing is used today as part of the evaluation, it's typically only drawn at the start of the protocol and again at the time of hypoglycemia or at the end of 72 hours because more frequent values hadn't been thought to be useful for guiding clinical management, Lundholm explained.
And so, in June 2020 the group revised their protocol to include the BHB ≥ 2.7mmol/L stopping criteria. Of the 30 patients evaluated from June 2020 to January 2023, 87% were female and 17% had undergone a bariatric procedure.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Stopping the cycle: How Ohio is trying to stop repeat criminal offendersA 2021 report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections stated that 32.7% of those released from prison are rearrested within three years. What's being done to reduce that?
Weiterlesen »
The Montreal Protocol Turned Out to Have an Amazing World-Changing Side EffectA decades-old global environmental pact has averted huge amounts of sea ice loss in the Arctic, new research shows.
Weiterlesen »
The Montreal Protocol had a dramatic ice-saving side effectThe decades-old international treaty that banned ozone-depleting substances has delayed the first ice-free Arctic summer by as much as 15 years.
Weiterlesen »
Strange New Worlds' New Trailer Teases Lower Decks Crossover EpisodeStar Trek: Strange New Worlds shows off the first look at the live-action episodes featuring the Lower Decks crew.
Weiterlesen »
Naomi Campbell Wore Multiple Looks For Her Glamorous 53rd BirthdayShe had two show-stopping looks for the star-studded occasion.
Weiterlesen »
Princess Kate Sums Up What It’s Like a Be a Princess in Just Five WordsShe also subtly confirmed this long speculated about rule surrounding royal protocol.
Weiterlesen »