Hypoglycemia Unawareness Is Associated With Reduced Adherence to Therapeutic Decisions in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Evidence from a Clinical Audit | Zendy

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Hypoglycemia Unawareness Is Associated With Reduced Adherence to Therapeutic Decisions in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Evidence from a Clinical Audit

Author(s) -

Alex Graveling,

Brian M. Frier

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc09-1594

Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , diabetes mellitus , audit , intensive care medicine , type 2 diabetes , type 1 diabetes , clinical audit , endocrinology , management , economics

Smith et al. (1) have demonstrated that people with type 1 diabetes who have impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH), diagnosed on clinical history alone, are less likely to adhere to therapeutic decisions. This finding is of clinical importance as the syndrome of IAH is often very difficult to manage, and the reluctance …

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