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When it comes to hospice patients with type 2 diabetes, avoiding hypoglycemia may be more important than strict glycemic control, researchers argued.
In a researcher letter appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine, about 12% of hospice patients with type 2 diabetes residing in nursing home experienced hypoglycemia within 180 days of admission -- a glucose reading under 70 mg/dL.
As for severe hypoglycemia -- a glucose reading under 50 mg/dL -- this was experienced by approximately 5% of hospice patients in nursing homes within 180 days of admission, reported Laura A. Petrillo, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues.