Hypoglycemia

The Endocrine Society and Avalere Health introduced quality measures to help health care providers assess how well they identify and care for older adults at greater risk for hypoglycemia.

Adults with diabetes may have higher mortality rates and be more likely to have incident frailty if they experience at least one hypoglycemic episode, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.

A cohort of adults with type 1 diabetes using continuous glucose monitor therapy spent about 50% less time in hypoglycemia and 65% less time in severe hypoglycemia when using a higher glucose threshold for hypoglycemia alarms, according to findings from an observational study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

I tend to agree with most of my colleagues and say the way glucose monitoring is currently used, it has no value in this population. The data have no value unless they are perceived as actionable information that is reviewed by someone who knows what to do with the numbers. That is the issue.

Older adults with diabetes may be more likely to develop acute coronary syndrome if they experience severe hypoglycemia, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.

Mortality risk is higher for adults admitted to the hospital with both diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, than for those presenting with either condition alone, and this risk can be exacerbated if severe hypokalemia or hypoglycemia occur, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

LAS VEGAS — When treating patients with type 2 diabetes who are attempting to lose weight, physicians must incorporate strategies that limit hypoglycemia risks, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek.

Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes assigned insulin glargine injection 300 U/mL for 26 weeks experienced a reduction in HbA1c similar to that of children assigned insulin glargine 100 U/mL, according to findings from the randomized phase 3b EDITION JUNIOR study presented at International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Annual Meeting.

In group medical visits for diabetes, adding intensive weight management with low-carbohydrate diets was as effective in improving blood sugar levels as conventional medication management, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Among adult men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, those who have experienced severe hypoglycemia are at elevated risk for fracture, with risk increasing with greater number of severe hypoglycemic events, according to findings from a study in Japan.