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Background  Approximately two-thirds of individuals presenting to emergency departments in Western Sydney have glucose dysregulation, accelerating their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We evaluated the prevalence and management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in cardiology inpatients in Western Sydney. A novel model of care between diabetes and cardiology specialist hospital teams (joint specialist case conferencing, JSCC) is described herein and aimed at aligning clinical services and upskilling both teams in the management of the cardiology inpatient with comorbid T2D.    Methods  Cardiology inpatients at Blacktown-Mount Druitt Hospital were audited during a 1-month period.    Results  233 patients were included, mean age 64 ± 16 years, 60% were male, 27% overweight and 35% obese. Known T2D comprised 36% (n = 84), whereas 6% (n = 15) had a new diagnosis of T2D, of which none of the latter were referred for inpatient/outpatient diabetes review. Approximately, 27% (n = 23) and 7% (n = 6) of known diabetes patients suffered hyper- and hypoglycaemia, respectively, and 51% (n = 43) had sub-optimally controlled T2D (i.e. HbA1c &gt; 7.0%); over half (51%, n = 51) had coronary artery disease. Only two patients were treated with an SGLT2 inhibitor and no patients were on glucagon like peptide-1 receptor analogues. The majority were managed with metformin (62%) and therapies with high hypoglycaemic potential (e.g., sulfonylureas (29%)) and in those patients treated with insulin, premixed insulin was used in the majority of cases (47%).    Conclusions  Undiagnosed T2D is prevalent and neglected in cardiology inpatients. Few patients with comorbid T2D and CVD were managed with therapies of proven cardiac and mortality benefit. Novel models of care may be beneficial in this high-risk group of patients and discussed herein is the establishment of the diabetes-cardiology JSCC service delivery model which has been established at our institution.

diabetology and metabolic syndrome

Evaluating the Diabetes–Cardiology interface: a glimpse into the diabetes management of cardiology inpatients in western Sydney’s ‘diabetes hotspot’ and the establishment of a novel model of care