Defining and Reporting Hypoglycemia in Diabetes

Abstract

No abstract. First paragraph.... Iatrogenic hypoglycemia causes recurrent morbidity in most people with type 1 diabetes and in many with type 2 diabetes and is sometimes fatal. It also impairs defenses against subsequent hypoglycemia. Furthermore, the barrier of hypoglycemia precludes maintenance of euglycemia over a lifetime of diabetes; thus, full realization of the benefits of glycemic control is rarely achieved. Therefore, hypoglycemia is the critical limiting factor in the glycemic management of diabetes in both the short and long term.......