Investigators at National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Have Reported New Data on Endocrinology and Metabolism (Trends in Hyperglycemic Crisis Hospitalizations and in- and out-of-Hospital Mortality in the Last Decade Based on Korean …)

2019 OCT 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- New research on Endocrinology - Endocrinology and Metabolism is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Hyperglycemic crisis is a metabolic emergency associated with diabetes mellitus. However, accurate epidemiologic information on cases of hyperglycemic crisis in Korea remains scarce.”

Financial support for this research came from National Health Insurance Service.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “We evaluated trends in hyperglycemic crisis hospitalizations and in-and out-of-hospital mortality in Korea. We also predicted future trends. We extracted claims data with hyperglycemic crisis as the principal diagnosis from the National Health Insurance Service database in Korea from January 2004 to December 2013. We investigated the numbers of claims with hyperglycemic crisis and identified trends in hyperglycemic crisis based on those claims data. We predicted future trends by statistical estimation. The total annual number of claims of hyperglycemic crisis increased from 2,674 in 2004 to 5,540 in 2013. Statistical analysis revealed an increasing trend in hyperglycemic crisis hospitalizations (for trend <0.01). In contrast, the hospitalization rate per 1,000 diabetes cases showed a decreasing trend (for trend <0.01) during this period. The mortality rate per 1,000 diabetes cases also showed a decreasing trend (for trend <0.0001). However, no distinct linear trend in the case-related fatality rate at <60 days over the last decade was observed. The predicted number of annual claims of hyperglycemic crisis will increase by 2030. The number of hyperglycemic crisis hospitalizations in Korea increased in the last decade, although the hospitalization rate per 1,000 diabetes cases and mortality rate decreased. Also, the predicted number of annual claims will increase in the future.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Thus, it is necessary to establish long-term healthcare policies to prevent hyperglycemic crisis.”

For more information on this research see: Trends in Hyperglycemic Crisis Hospitalizations and in- and out-of-Hospital Mortality in the Last Decade Based on Korean National Health Insurance Claims Data. Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019;34(3):275. (Cell Press - www.cell.com; Endocrinology and Metabolism - http://www.cell.com/trends/endocrinology-metabolism/home)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.O. Song, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dept. of Internal Medicine, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include S.O. Song, S.H. Park, K.H. Park, J.Y. Nam, D.W. Kim, H.M. Kim, D.J. Kim, Y.H. Lee and B.W Lee.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3803/enm.2019.34.3.275. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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