Survivors of Intensive Care With Type 2 Diabetes and the Effect of Shared-Care Follow-Up Clinics: The SWEET-AS Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Abstract

Background: Follow-up clinics after ICU admission have demonstrated limited benefit. However, existing trials have evaluated heterogeneous cohorts and used physicians who had limited training in outpatient care. Research Question: What are the effects of a “shared-care” intensivist-endocrinologist clinic for ICU survivors with type 2 diabetes on process measures and clinical outcomes 6 months after hospital discharge, and is it feasible to conduct a larger trial? Study Design and Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, single-center pilot study with blinded outcome assessment. Patients with type 2 diabetes, who required ≥ 5 days of ICU care (mixed medical-surgical ICU) and survived to I..