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Yale, Jean-François, Paty, Breay, Senior, Peter A.·2018·Canadian Journal of Diabetes

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  • Premisecitation

    Frequency and severity of hypoglycemia negatively impact quality of life in people with diabetes.

    “Frequency and severity of hypoglycemia negatively impact on quality of life (1) and promote fear of future hypoglycemia (2,3).”
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    • cites [1] 1. Alvarez-Guisasola F, Yin DD, Nocea G, et al. Association of hypoglycemic symptoms with patients' rating of their health-related quality of life state: A cross sectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010;8:86. source

      The Abstract Results and Discussion report worse quality-of-life ratings among patients with hypoglycemic symptoms, with larger decrements at greater symptom severity. The study assessed whether patients had experienced symptoms in the prior year, not how frequently episodes occurred; it also studied patients with type 2 diabetes receiving oral treatment, rather than people with diabetes generally. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    Fear of future hypoglycemia is associated with reduced self-care and poor glucose control.

    “This fear is associated with reduced self-care and poor glucose control (4)(5)(6).”
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    • cites [4] 4. Barnard K, Thomas S, Royle P, et al. Fear of hypoglycaemia in parents of young children with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review. BMC Pediatr 2010;10:50. source

      The Results (Hypoglycaemic avoidance behaviour) link parental fear-related avoidance behaviours with higher blood glucose in young children. But the Conclusion says further research is needed to determine whether fear leads to poorer glycaemic control, and the copy does not establish reduced self-care; it describes behaviours such as frequent monitoring instead. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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    • cites [5] 5. Di Battista AM, Hart TA, Greco L, et al. Type 1 diabetes among adolescents: Reduced diabetes self-care caused by social fear and fear of hypoglycemia. Dia- betes Educ 2009;35:465-75. source
    • cites [6] 6. Haugstvedt A, Wentzel-Larsen T, Graue M, et al. Fear of hypoglycaemia in mothers and fathers of children with type 1 diabetes is associated with poor glycaemic control and parental emotional distress: A population-based study. Diabet Med 2010;27:72-8. source
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    Strict avoidance of hypoglycemia for a period of 2 days to 3 months is associated with improvement in recognition of severe hypoglycemia, counterregulatory hormone responses, or both.

    “Strict avoidance of hypoglycemia for a period of 2 days to 3 months has been associated with improvement in the recognition of severe hypoglycemia, the counterregulatory hormone responses or both (32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39).”
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    • cites [32] 32. Ovalle F, Fanelli CG, Paramore DS, et al. Brief twice-weekly episodes of hypo- glycemia reduce detection of clinical hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes melli- tus. Diabetes 1998;47:1472-9. source
    • cites [33] 33. Fanelli CG, Epifano L, Rambotti AM, et al. Meticulous prevention of hypoglyce- mia normalizes the glycemic thresholds and magnitude of most of neuroen- docrine responses to, symptoms of, and cognitive function during hypoglycemia in intensively treated patients with short-term IDDM. Diabetes 1993;42:1683- 9. source
    • cites [34] 34. Dagogo-Jack S, Rattarasarn C, Cryer PE. Reversal of hypoglycemia unaware- ness, but not defective glucose counterregulation, in IDDM. Diabetes 1994;43:1426-34. source
    • cites [35] 35. Fanelli C, Pampanelli S, Epifano L, et al. Long-term recovery from unaware- ness, deficient counterregulation and lack of cognitive dysfunction during hypoglycaemia, following institution of rational, intensive insulin therapy in IDDM. Diabetologia 1994;37:1265-76. source

      The Abstract and Experimental group results report improved counterregulatory hormone and symptom responses after meticulous prevention of hypoglycaemia, beginning at 2 weeks and continuing through 3 months. This paper does not report improvement after 2 days or directly measure recognition of severe hypoglycaemic episodes; the Results say no severe episodes occurred during follow-up. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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    • cites [36] 36. Dagogo-Jack S, Fanelli CG, Cryer PE. Durable reversal of hypoglycemia unawareness in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999;22:866-7. source
    • cites [37] 37. Davis M, Mellman M, Friedman S, et al. Recovery of epinephrine response but not hypoglycemic symptom threshold after intensive therapy in type 1 diabetes. Am J Med 1994;97:535-42. source
    • cites [38] 38. Liu D, McManus RM, Ryan EA. Improved counter-regulatory hormonal and symp- tomatic responses to hypoglycemia in patients with insulin-dependent diabe- tes mellitus after 3 months of less strict glycemic control. Clin Invest Med 1996;19:71-82.
    • cites [39] 39. Lingenfelser T, Buettner U, Martin J, et al. Improvement of impaired counterregulatory hormone response and symptom perception by short-term avoidance of hypoglycemia in IDDM. Diabetes Care 1995;18:321-5. source
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    Recurrent hypoglycemia may impair the individual's ability to sense subsequent hypoglycemia.

    “Recurrent hypoglycemia may impair the individual's ability to sense subsequent hypoglycemia (54,55).”
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    • cites [54] 54. Davis SN, Mann S, Briscoe VJ, et al. Effects of intensive therapy and antecedent hypoglycemia on counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in type 2 dia- betes. Diabetes 2009;58:701-9. source
    • cites [55] 55. Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet) Study Group, Tsalikian E, Tamborlane W, et al. Blunted counterregulatory hormone responses to hypo- glycemia in young children and adolescents with well-controlled type 1 dia- betes. Diabetes Care 2009;32:1954-9. source

      The Conclusions (page unavailable) report that antecedent hypoglycemia impairs hormonal responses to subsequent hypoglycemia. The Results (page unavailable) also document poor recognition of low glucose in young children. The study does not establish that recurrent hypoglycemia caused an individual to become less able to sense later episodes; it measured responses and symptom recognition during a single test. (LLM, conf=0.81)

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    Lowered cognitive performance appears to be more associated with the presence of microvascular complications or poor metabolic control than with the occurrence of severe hypoglycemic episodes.

    “Lowered cognitive performance appears to be more associated with the presence of microvascular complications or poor metabolic control than with the occurrence of severe hypoglycemic episodes (57,61).”
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    • cites [57] 57. Zhang Z, Lovato J, Battapady H, et al. Effect of hypoglycemia on brain structure in people with type 2 diabetes: Epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD- MIND MRI trial. Diabetes Care 2014;37:3279-85. source

      The Conclusions (page unavailable) report no additional brain atrophy or abnormal white matter after severe symptomatic hypoglycemia in treated people with type 2 diabetes, which offers indirect support for the hypoglycemia part of the claim. But the paper measures brain structure, not cognitive performance, and does not establish that microvascular complications or poor metabolic control are more strongly associated with lowered cognitive performance. It explicitly cautions that its MRI measures reflect structure, not function. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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    • cites [61] 61. Brands AM, Biessels GJ, de Haan EH, et al. The effects of type 1 diabetes on cognitive performance: A meta-analysis. Diabetes Care 2005;28:726- 35. source
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    Asymptomatic nocturnal hypoglycemia is common and often lasts greater than 4 hours.

    “Asymptomatic nocturnal hypoglycemia is common and often lasts greater than 4 hours (11,(28)(29)(30)(31).”
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    • cites [11] 11. The DCCT Research Group. Epidemiology of severe hypoglycemia in the diabe- tes control and complications trial. Am J Med 1991;90:450-9. source
    • cites [28] 28. Porter PA, Byrne G, Stick S, et al. Nocturnal hypoglycaemia and sleep distur- bances in young teenagers with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Arch Dis Child 1996;75:120-3. source

      The Discussion describes nocturnal hypoglycaemia as common and usually asymptomatic in adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes; the Abstract reports that five of six affected subjects had no symptoms. The duration passage reports 3.96 hours on average (range 1–7 hours), but does not establish that episodes often lasted more than four hours. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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    • cites [29] 29. Gale EA, Tattersall RB. Unrecognised nocturnal hypoglycaemia in insulin- treated diabetics. Lancet 1979;1:1049-52. source
    • cites [30] 30. Beregszàszi M, Tubiana-Rufi N, Benali K, et al. Nocturnal hypoglycemia in chil- dren and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: Prevalence and risk factors. J Pediatr 1997;131:27-33. source
    • cites [31] 31. Vervoort G, Goldschmidt HM, van Doorn LG. Nocturnal blood glucose profiles in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus on multiple (> or = 4) daily insulin injec- tion regimens. Diabet Med 1996;13:794-9. source
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    Premisecitation

    The sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemia is reduced during sleep, and following exercise or alcohol consumption.

    “The sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemia is reduced during sleep, and following exercise or alcohol consumption (26,27).”
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    • cites [26] 26. Berlin I, Sachon CI, Grimaldi A. Identification of factors associated with impaired hypoglycaemia awareness in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes melli- tus. Diabetes Metab 2005;31:246-51. source
    • cites [27] 27. Schultes B, Jauch-Chara K, Gais S, et al. Defective awakening response to noc- turnal hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. PLoS Med 2007;4:e69. source

      The Introduction (page unavailable) reports impaired counterregulation against hypoglycemia during sleep and a delayed response threshold during sleep in healthy adults. The paper does not address reduced sympathoadrenal responses following exercise or alcohol consumption. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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    Prospective studies have not found an association between intensive insulin therapy and cognitive function, or between severe hypoglycemia and future cognitive function.

    “Prospective studies have not found an association between intensive insulin therapy and cognitive function (58)(59)(60), or between severe hypoglycemia and future cognitive function (56,57).”
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    • cites [58] 58. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. Effects of inten- sive diabetes therapy on neuropsychological function in adults in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. Ann Intern Med 1996;124:379-88. source
    • cites [59] 59. Reichard P, Pihl M. Mortality and treatment side-effects during long-term inten- sified conventional insulin treatment in the Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study. Diabetes 1994;43:313-17. source
    • cites [60] 60. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interven- tions and Complications Study Research Group, Jacobson AM, Musen G, et al. Long-term effect of diabetes and its treatment on cognitive function. N Engl J Med 2007;356:1842-52. source
    • cites [56] 56. Bruce DG, Davis WA, Casey GP, et al. Severe hypoglycaemia and cognitive impair- ment in older patients with diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study. Diabetologia 2009;52:1808-15. source
    • cites [57] 57. Zhang Z, Lovato J, Battapady H, et al. Effect of hypoglycemia on brain structure in people with type 2 diabetes: Epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD- MIND MRI trial. Diabetes Care 2014;37:3279-85. source

      The Introduction (page not provided) reports that the DCCT found no significant correlation between treatment-related hypoglycemic events and neuropsychological function. But this paper’s own prospective analysis measured brain structure, not future cognitive function; the Conclusions explicitly caution that its MRI variables reflect structure, not function. It therefore does not establish the claimed lack of association between severe hypoglycemia and future cognitive function. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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    The person with cognitive disorders is at high risk of future severe hypoglycemic episodes, possibly because of medication errors.

    “The person with cognitive disorders is at high risk of future severe hypoglycemic episodes, possibly because of medication errors (19,56,57)”
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    • cites [19] 19. de Galan BE, Zoungas S, Chalmers J, et al. Cognitive function and risks of car- diovascular disease and hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes: The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial. Diabetologia 2009;52:2328-36. source

      The Results (p. 1) report increased severe-hypoglycaemia risk for patients with severe, but not mild, cognitive dysfunction. The Discussion (p. 7) suggests incomplete adherence or inappropriate use of the glucose-control regimen as a possible explanation, but says this could not be assessed with certainty. The claim is broader than the finding because it does not distinguish severe from mild cognitive dysfunction. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    • cites [56] 56. Bruce DG, Davis WA, Casey GP, et al. Severe hypoglycaemia and cognitive impair- ment in older patients with diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study. Diabetologia 2009;52:1808-15. source

      The Abstract reports that dementia predicted future hypoglycaemia requiring health-service use in patients with diabetes aged 70 or older, and that inability to self-manage medications was also a risk factor. The Introduction suggests medication errors as a possible mechanism. The claim is broader than the prospective finding: the paper establishes that risk for dementia, not cognitive disorders generally. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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    • cites [57] 57. Zhang Z, Lovato J, Battapady H, et al. Effect of hypoglycemia on brain structure in people with type 2 diabetes: Epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD- MIND MRI trial. Diabetes Care 2014;37:3279-85. source

      The Introduction discusses severe hypoglycemia as a possible antecedent of cognitive impairment, not cognitive disorders as a predictor of future episodes. The Results and Conclusions identify other factors associated with hypoglycemia, but do not establish increased risk from cognitive disorders or mention medication errors (searched: future episodes, cognitive impairment, medication errors). (LLM, conf=0.72)

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    Interpretationcitation

    Both hypoglycemia unawareness and defective glucose counterregulation are potentially reversible.

    “Both hypoglycemia unawareness and defective glucose counterregulation are potentially reversible.”
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    • cites [32] 32. Ovalle F, Fanelli CG, Paramore DS, et al. Brief twice-weekly episodes of hypo- glycemia reduce detection of clinical hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes melli- tus. Diabetes 1998;47:1472-9. source
    • cites [33] 33. Fanelli CG, Epifano L, Rambotti AM, et al. Meticulous prevention of hypoglyce- mia normalizes the glycemic thresholds and magnitude of most of neuroen- docrine responses to, symptoms of, and cognitive function during hypoglycemia in intensively treated patients with short-term IDDM. Diabetes 1993;42:1683- 9. source
    • cites [34] 34. Dagogo-Jack S, Rattarasarn C, Cryer PE. Reversal of hypoglycemia unaware- ness, but not defective glucose counterregulation, in IDDM. Diabetes 1994;43:1426-34. source
    • cites [35] 35. Fanelli C, Pampanelli S, Epifano L, et al. Long-term recovery from unaware- ness, deficient counterregulation and lack of cognitive dysfunction during hypoglycaemia, following institution of rational, intensive insulin therapy in IDDM. Diabetologia 1994;37:1265-76. source
    • cites [36] 36. Dagogo-Jack S, Fanelli CG, Cryer PE. Durable reversal of hypoglycemia unawareness in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999;22:866-7. source
    • cites [37] 37. Davis M, Mellman M, Friedman S, et al. Recovery of epinephrine response but not hypoglycemic symptom threshold after intensive therapy in type 1 diabetes. Am J Med 1994;97:535-42. source
    • cites [38] 38. Liu D, McManus RM, Ryan EA. Improved counter-regulatory hormonal and symp- tomatic responses to hypoglycemia in patients with insulin-dependent diabe- tes mellitus after 3 months of less strict glycemic control. Clin Invest Med 1996;19:71-82.

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

    • cites [39] 39. Lingenfelser T, Buettner U, Martin J, et al. Improvement of impaired counterregulatory hormone response and symptom perception by short-term avoidance of hypoglycemia in IDDM. Diabetes Care 1995;18:321-5. source
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    Premisecitation

    In people with type 2 diabetes and established or very high risk for cardiovascular disease, there is a clear association between increased mortality and severe hypoglycemia and symptomatic hypoglycemia.

    “In people with type 2 diabetes and established, or very high risk for, cardiovascular disease (CVD), there is a clear association between an increased mortality and severe hypoglycemia (62,63) and symptomatic hypoglycemia (64).”
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    • cites [62] 62. Hayward RA, Reaven PD, Wiitala WL, et al. Follow-up of glycemic control and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med 2015;372:2197- 206. source

      The cited paper's discussion of treatment harms (section headed “Table 1. Baseline Characteristics,” page not provided) mentions hypoglycemia as a possible side effect, while its mortality results compare intensive with standard glucose control. Neither passage examines whether symptomatic hypoglycemia is associated with increased mortality. Searches for “hypoglycemia” and “symptomatic hypoglycemia risk of death association” found no such analysis in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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    • cites [63] 63. Zoungas S, Patel A, Chalmers J, et al. Severe hypoglycemia and risks of vascular events and death. N Engl J Med 2010;363:1410-18. source

      The Discussion (p. 6) clearly reports an association between severe hypoglycemia and increased mortality. But the Study Population section (p. 3) includes patients with microvascular disease or just one other cardiovascular risk factor, so it does not establish that all participants had established CVD or were at very high CVD risk. The symptomatic-hypoglycemia part is attributed to citation 64, not this paper. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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    • cites [64] 64. Bonds DE, Miller ME, Bergenstal RM, et al. The association between symptom- atic, severe hypoglycaemia and mortality in type 2 diabetes: Retrospective epi- demiological analysis of the ACCORD study. BMJ 2010;340:b4909. source
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    Premisecitation

    In people with type 2 diabetes, risk factors for hypoglycemia include advancing age, severe cognitive impairment, poor health literacy, food insecurity, increased A1C, hypoglycemia unawareness, duration of insulin therapy, renal impairment, and neuropathy.

    “Risk factors for hypoglycemia in people with type 2 diabetes include advancing age (18), severe cognitive impairment (19), poor health literacy (20), food insecurity (21), increased A1C (18,22), hypoglycemia unawareness (23), duration of insulin therapy, renal impairment and neuropathy (22).”
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    • cites [18] 18. Miller ME, Bonds DE, Gerstein HC, et al. The effects of baseline characteristics, glycaemia treatment approach, and glycated haemoglobin concentration on the risk of severe hypoglycaemia: Post hoc epidemiological analysis of the ACCORD study. BMJ 2010;340:b5444. source

      The Principal findings section reports increased risk with peripheral neuropathy and markers of renal dysfunction. It also reports an association with higher baseline A1C, but after adjustment this was seen only in the standard-treatment group. The paper identifies insulin use and longer duration of diabetes as risk factors, not duration of insulin therapy; the other factors in the sentence are assigned to different citations. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    • cites [19] 19. de Galan BE, Zoungas S, Chalmers J, et al. Cognitive function and risks of car- diovascular disease and hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes: The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial. Diabetologia 2009;52:2328-36. source
    • cites [20] 20. Sarkar U, Karter AJ, Liu JY, et al. Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). J Gen Intern Med 2010;25:962-8. source
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    Premisecitation

    Islet cell transplantation reduces hypoglycemia and restores glucose counter-regulation.

    “Islet cell transplantation, which has been shown to reduce hypoglycemia (48) and restore glucose counter-regulation (49), should be considered for people with type 1 diabetes who experience recurrent severe hypoglycemia (50)”
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    • cites [48] 48. Hering BJ, Clarke WR, Bridges ND, et al. Phase 3 trial of transplantation of human islets in type 1 diabetes complicated by severe hypoglycemia. Diabetes Care 2016;39:1230-40. source
    • cites [49] 49. Rickels MR. Recovery of endocrine function after islet and pancreas transplan- tation. Curr Diab Rep 2012;12:587-96. source
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    Premisecitation

    Acute hypoglycemia is proinflammatory, increases platelet activation and decreases fibrinolysis, leading to a prothrombotic state.

    “Acute hypoglycemia is proinflammatory, increases platelet activation and decreases fibrinolysis, leading to a prothrombotic state (65,66).”
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    • cites [65] 65. Wright RJ, Newby DE, Stirling D, et al. Effects of acute insulin-induced hypo- glycemia on indices of inflammation: Putative mechanism for aggravating vas- cular disease in diabetes. Diabetes Care 2010;33:1591-7. source

      The Results and Conclusions (page unavailable) report increased inflammatory markers and platelet activation after acute hypoglycemia, and discuss possible adverse vascular consequences. They do not establish decreased fibrinolysis or demonstrate that these changes led to a prothrombotic state; tPA antigen was reported as rising nonsignificantly in nondiabetic participants during hypoglycemia. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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    • cites [66] 66. Gogitidze Joy N, Hedrington MS, Briscoe VJ, et al. Effects of acute hypoglyce- mia on inflammatory and pro-atherothrombotic biomarkers in individuals with type 1 diabetes and healthy individuals. Diabetes Care 2010;33:1529- 35. source
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    Premisecitation

    Hypoglycemia is associated with increased heart rate, systolic blood pressure, myocardial contractility, stroke volume and cardiac output, and can induce ST- and T-wave changes with a lengthening of the QT interval, which may increase the risk of arrhythmias.

    “Hypoglycemia is associated with increased heart rate, systolic blood pressure (BP), myocardial contractility, stroke volume and cardiac output, and can induce ST-and T-wave changes with a lengthening of the QT interval (slower repolarization), which may increase the risk of arrhythmias (67)(68)(69)(70)(71).”
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    • cites [67] 67. Koivikko ML, Karsikas M, Salmela PI, et al. Effects of controlled hypoglycaemia on cardiac repolarisation in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 2008;51:426-35. source

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    • cites [68] 68. Kubiak T, Wittig A, Koll C, et al. Continuous glucose monitoring reveals asso- ciations of glucose levels with QT interval length. Diabetes Technol Ther 2010;12:283-6. source
    • cites [69] 69. Wright RJ, Frier BM. Vascular disease and diabetes: Is hypoglycaemia an aggravating factor? Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2008;24:353-63. source
    • cites [70] 70. Frier BM, Schernthaner G, Heller SR. Hypoglycemia and cardiovascular risks. Dia- betes Care 2011;34(Suppl. 2):S132-7. source
    • cites [71] 71. Stahn A, Pistrosch F, Ganz X, et al. Relationship between hypoglycemic epi- sodes and ventricular arrhythmias in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardio- vascular diseases: Silent hypoglycemias and silent arrhythmias. Diabetes Care 2014;37:516-20. source
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    Premisecitation

    Pancreas transplantation reduces hypoglycemia and restores glucose counter-regulation.

    “Similarly, pancreas transplantation has been shown to reduce hypoglycemia and restore glucose counter-regulation (43,(51)(52)(53).”
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    • cites [43] 43. van Dellen D, Worthington J, Mitu-Pretorian OM, et al. Mortality in diabetes: Pancreas transplantation is associated with significant survival benefit. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013;28:1315-22. source
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    • cites [53] 53. Barrou Z, Seaquist ER, Robertson RP. Pancreas transplantation in diabetic humans normalizes hepatic glucose production during hypoglycemia. Diabetes 1994;43:661-6. source
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    Premisecitation

    Structured educational and psycho-behavioural programs may help improve detection of hypoglycemia and reduce the frequency of severe hypoglycemia.

    “Structured educational and psycho-behavioural programs (e.g.BG awareness training) may help improve detection of hypoglycemia and reduce the frequency of severe hypoglycemia (40)(41)(42)(43).”
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    • cites [40] 40. Kinsley BT, Weinger K, Bajaj M, et al. Blood glucose awareness training and epi- nephrine responses to hypoglycemia during intensive treatment in type 1 dia- betes. Diabetes Care 1999;22:1022-8. source
    • cites [41] 41. Schachinger H, Hegar K, Hermanns N, et al. Randomized controlled clinical trial of Blood Glucose Awareness Training (BGAT III) in Switzerland and Germany. J Behav Med 2005;28:587-94. source
    • cites [42] 42. Yeoh E, Choudhary P, Nwokolo M, et al. Interventions that restore awareness of hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review and meta- analysis. Diabetes Care 2015;38:1592-609. source
    • cites [43] 43. van Dellen D, Worthington J, Mitu-Pretorian OM, et al. Mortality in diabetes: Pancreas transplantation is associated with significant survival benefit. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013;28:1315-22. source
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    Premisecitation

    Frequent hypoglycemia can decrease normal responses to hypoglycemia and lead to defective glucose counter-regulation and hypoglycemia unawareness.

    “Frequent hypoglycemia can decrease normal responses to hypoglycemia (12) and lead to defective glucose counter-regulation and hypoglycemia unawareness.”
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    • cites [12] 12. Davis EA, Keating B, Byrne GC, et al. Hypoglycemia: Incidence and clinical pre- dictors in a large population-based sample of children and adolescents with IDDM. Diabetes Care 1997;20:22-5. source
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    Premisecitation

    People with diabetes who continue to have frequent and severe hypoglycemia and/or impaired awareness despite educational interventions may benefit from CSII or CGM or both to reduce the risk of severe hypoglycemia.

    “People with diabetes who continue to have frequent and severe hypoglycemia and/or impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, despite educational interventions, may benefit from continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) or both (i.e. a sensor augmented pump), to reduce the risk of severe hypoglycemia (44)(45)(46)(47).”
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    • cites [44] 44. Ly TT, Nicholas JA, Retterath A, et al. Effect of sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy and automated insulin suspension vs standard insulin pump therapy on hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2013;310:1240-7. source
    • cites [45] 45. Little SA, Leelarathna L, Walkinshaw E, et al. Recovery of hypoglycemia aware- ness in long-standing type 1 diabetes: A multicenter 2 x 2 factorial random- ized controlled trial comparing insulin pump with multiple daily injections and continuous with conventional glucose self-monitoring (HypoCOMPaSS). Diabetes Care 2014;37:2114-22. source
    • cites [46] 46. Bergenstal RM, Klonoff DC, Garg SK, et al. Threshold-based insulin-pump interruption for reduction of hypoglycemia. N Engl J Med 2013;369:224- 32. source
    • cites [47] 47. van Beers CAJ, DeVries JH, Kleijer SJ, et al. Continuous glucose monitoring for patients with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia (IN CONTROL): A randomised, open-label, crossover trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2016;4:893-902. source
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    Premisecitation

    Glucose gel is quite slow (<1.0 mmol/L increase at 20 minutes) and must be swallowed to have a significant effect.

    “Glucose gel is quite slow (<1.0 mmol/L increase at 20 minutes) and must be swallowed to have a significant effect (73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78).”
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    • cites [76] 76. Skyler JS (Ed.): Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes. 3rd ed. Alexandria, VA, American Diabetes Association, 1998. pg. 134-43.

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

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    Other choices, such as milk and orange juice, are slower to increase blood glucose levels and provide symptom relief.

    “Other choices, such as milk and orange juice, are slower to increase BG levels and provide symptom relief (74,75).”
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    • cites [74] 74. Wiethop BV, Cryer PE. Alanine and terbutaline in treatment of hypoglycemia in IDDM. Diabetes Care 1993;16:1131-6. source
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    People taking an alpha glucosidase inhibitor (acarbose) must use glucose (dextrose) tablets or, if unavailable, milk or honey to treat hypoglycemia.

    “People taking an alpha glucosidase inhibitor (acarbose) must use glucose (dextrose) tablets (79) or, if unavailable, milk or honey to treat hypoglycemia.”
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    • cites [79] 79. Glucobay® (acarbose) [product monograph]. Toronto: Bayer Inc, 2007.

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    The effectiveness of glucagon is reduced in individuals who have consumed more than 2 standard alcoholic drinks in the previous few hours, after prolonged fasting, or in those who have advanced hepatic disease.

    “The effectiveness of glucagon is reduced in individuals who have consumed more than 2 standard alcoholic drinks in the previous few hours, after prolonged fasting, or in those who have advanced hepatic disease (81,82).”
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    • cites [82] 82. GlucaGen® (glucagon) [product monograph]. Bagsvaerd: Novo Nordisk, 2002.

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    Drug-induced hypoglycemia is a major obstacle for individuals trying to achieve glycemic targets.

    “Drug-induced hypoglycemia is a major obstacle for individuals trying to achieve glycemic targets.”
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    Significant risk of hypoglycemia often necessitates less stringent glycemic goals.

    “Significant risk of hypoglycemia often necessitates less stringent glycemic goals.”
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    The negative social and emotional impact of hypoglycemia may make individuals reluctant to intensify therapy.

    “The negative social and emotional impact of hypoglycemia may make individuals reluctant to intensify therapy.”
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    Hypoglycemia is most frequent in people with type 1 diabetes, followed by people with type 2 diabetes managed by insulin, and people with type 2 diabetes managed by sulfonylureas.

    “Hypoglycemia is most frequent in people with type 1 diabetes, followed by people with type 2 diabetes managed by insulin, and people with type 2 diabetes managed by sulfonylureas.”
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    Short-term risks of hypoglycemia include dangerous situations that can arise while an individual is hypoglycemic, whether at home or at work.

    “Short-term risks of hypoglycemia include the dangerous situations that can arise while an individual is hypoglycemic, whether at home or at work (e.g.driving, operating machinery).”
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    Prolonged coma is sometimes associated with transient neurological symptoms, such as paresis, convulsions and encephalopathy.

    “In addition, prolonged coma is sometimes associated with transient neurological symptoms, such as paresis, convulsions and encephalopathy.”
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    The potential long-term complications of severe hypoglycemia are mild intellectual impairment and permanent neurologic sequelae, such as hemiparesis and pontine dysfunction.

    “The potential long-term complications of severe hypoglycemia are mild intellectual impairment and permanent neurologic sequelae, such as hemiparesis and pontine dysfunction.”
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    There is a clear association between severe hypoglycemia and cognitive disorders, but the nature of this relationship remains unclear.

    “There is a clear association between severe hypoglycemia and cognitive disorders, but the nature of this relationship remains unclear.”
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Authors
Yale, J.-F., Paty, B., & Senior, P. A.
Venue
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-04
Volume
42
Pages
S104-S108
ISSN
1499-2671 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4235584775
Cited by
105
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1
FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Canadian Journal of Diabetes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
Keywords
hypoglycemia, drug-induced hypoglycemia, glycemic control, glycemic targets, fear of hypoglycemia, quality of life, self-care, diabetes mellitus
MeSH terms
Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemic Agents, Prognosis, Practice Guidelines as Topic

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