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Hypoglycaemia

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Investigations

Send a formal laboratory blood glucose. a  

Remember patients with diabetes may experience symptoms of hypoglycaemia at 'normoglycaemic ' levels. d

Why?

  • Patients with poorly controlled diabetes experience symptoms of hypoglycaemia at higher blood glucose levels than patients without diabetes (on average 1.4 mmol/l higher) d

Expiry date: April 2004
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   D   Matthews
CAT Writers   M   Taylor , RS   Phillips , CM   Ball , R   Harden