Prevention and Treatment of Hypoglycemia 2019

Prevention and Treatment of Hypoglycemia

F. Hosseinpanah, M.D.

Obesity Research Center

Research Institute for Endocrine sciences

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

July 25^th , 2019

Tabriz

• Definitions
• Pathophsiology
• Prevalence                                                                    
• Clinical outcomes ( hypoglycemia and CVD)
• Prevention
• Treatment
• Objective:  To review the evidence about the impact of hypoglycemia on patients with diabetes that has become available since the past reviews of this subject by the American Diabetes Association and The Endocrine Society and to provide guidance about how this new information should be incorporated into clinical practice
• All episodes of an abnormally low plasma glucose concentration that expose the individual to potential harm
• A single threshold value for plasma glucose concentration that defines hypoglycemia in diabetes cannot be assigned because there are varying threshold for symptoms