Open AccessComment on: Cryer. Severe Hypoglycemia Predicts Mortality in Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1814–1816
Author(s) -
W. Kerner,
Henry Völzke
Publication year - 2013
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/dc12-2090
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , intensive care medicine , type 1 diabetes , pediatrics , endocrinology
In a commentary by Cryer (1), we came across his statement that “it is sobering to think that as many as 1 in 25—or even 1 in 10—patients with type 1 diabetes will die of iatrogenic hypoglycemia.” We have seen several thousands of patients with type 1 diabetes, but we can remember only very few patients who have died of hypoglycemia. …
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