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The impact of the Yom Kippur fast on emergency room visits among people with diabetes

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 99; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.diabres.2012.10.005

1872-8227

Maier Becker, Tomas Karpati, Liora Valinsky, Anthony Heymann,

Diabetes Management and Education

This retrospective review of an Israeli computerized medical data base assessed visits to emergency departments in the 48 h following the commencement of the Jewish Yom Kippur fast in the years 1999–2009, and showed that fasting does not seem to be associated with an increased rate of visits.