Effectiveness of a Nurse-Managed Protocol to Prevent Hypoglycemia in Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes

Table 2

All hypoglycemic (blood glucose <70 mg/dL) and severe episodes (blood glucose <40 mg/dL) during phase A and phase B.

Variable	Phase A (84 patients)	Phase B (266 patients)
Number of all hypoglycemic events per day (mean ± SD)	0.34 ± 0.33	0.19 ± 0.30	<0.001
Patients with any hypoglycemic events (number, %)	61 (72.6)	144 (54.1)	0.003
Number of all hypoglycemic events per patient (mean ± SD)	3.4 ± 4.1	1.3 ± 2.1	<0.001
Numbers of severe hypoglycemic events per day (mean ± SD)	0.016 ± 0.045	0.004 ± 0.028	0.011
Patients with severe hypoglycemic events (number, %)	14 (16.7)	7 (0.3)	<0.001
Number of severe hypoglycemic events per patient (mean ± SD)	0.24 ± 0.65	0.03 ± 0.23	0.003