Nutrition-related risk and severe hypoglycemia in older adult outpatients with and without diabetes.

Yoshinobu KimuraNaoya KimuraAkazawa Manabu

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

In this study, 17 patients with severe hypoglycemia were assessed for nutrition-related risk using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). The results showed that 13 of the 17 patients had nutrition-related risk. Hypoglycemia should be noted in patients with problems on GNRI, with or without diabetes.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
physical activity
glycemic control
cardiovascular disease
end stage renal disease
early onset
chronic kidney disease
mental health
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
skeletal muscle
metabolic syndrome