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Table 2 Medication

From: Developing an intervention to optimise the outcome of cardiac surgery in people with diabetes: the OCTOPuS pilot study

Medication

Baseline (n=17)

Pre-surgery (n=13)

Changes in medication from baseline to pre-surgery assessment

Started

Stopped

Dose reduced

Dose increased

Medication type changed

Diabetes medication

       

 Insulin

7 (41%)

8 (62%)

2 (15%)

0 (0%)

4 (31%)

1 (8%)

1 (8%)

 Metformin

13 (76%)

10 (77%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Sulfonylurea

3 (18%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (15%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 SGLT2 Inhibitor

3 (18%)

7 (54%)

4 (31%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (8%)

 DPP4 inhibitor

3 (18%)

2 (15%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 GLP-1 receptor agonist

1 (6%)

2 (15%)

2 (15%)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Other medication

       

 Statin

14 (82%)

12 (92%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (15%)

 ACE inhibitor

7 (41%)

3 (23%)

0 (0%)

2 (15%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 ARB

4 (24%)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

3 (23%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)