Early Intervention for Diabetes in Medical and Surgical Inpatients Decreases Hyperglycemia and Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Mervyn Kyi; Peter G Colman; Paul R Wraight; Jane Reid; Alexandra Gorelik; Anna Galligan; Shanal Kumar; Lois M Rowan; Katie A Marley; Alison J Nankervis; David M Russell; Spiros Fourlanos

Journal article

Early Intervention for Diabetes in Medical and Surgical Inpatients Decreases Hyperglycemia and Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Mervyn Kyi, Peter G Colman, Paul R Wraight, Jane Reid, Alexandra Gorelik, Anna Galligan, Shanal Kumar, Lois M Rowan, Katie A Marley, Alison J Nankervis, David M Russell, Spiros Fourlanos

Diabetes Care | AMER DIABETES ASSOC | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.2337/dc18-2342

University of Melbourne Researchers

Alex Gorelik Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Alison Nankervis Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Peter Colman Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Spiros Fourlanos Author Medical Education

Mervyn Kyi Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This investigator-initiated study was conducted with the support of the Australian Diabetes Society Sanofi-Diabetes Research Grant and Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery Grant. M.K. was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship APP1093152.