Inpatient hypoglycaemia: understanding who is at risk

Aims/hypothesis We analysed data obtained from the electronic patient records of inpatients with diabetes admitted to a large university hospital to understand the prevalence and distribution of inpatient hypoglycaemia. Methods The study was conducted using electronic patient record data from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The dataset contains hospital admission data for patients coded for diabetes. We used the recently agreed definition for a level 1 hypoglycaemia episode as any blood glucose measurement