Editorial

Hypoglycemia in elderly people with diabetes

Brian M Frier

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 1-2

This Editorial by Professor Brian M Frier highlights the key points in this issue's Feature Article, describing the potentially serious nature of hypoglycemia and its consequences in the elderly population.

Feature Article

Hypoglycemia in the elderly

Suzy V Hope and W David Strain

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 3-10

Suzy V Hope and W David Strain review the current literature on hypoglycemia in elderly people with diabetes and its associated risk factors, impact on quality of life and clinical outcome in this patient group.

Clinical Case Study

Delayed hypoglycemia following exercise in an athletic teenager with type 1 diabetes

Andrea Urban, Miladys Palau Collazo, William V Tamborlane

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 11-13

A 15-year-old Caucasian male who developed type 1 diabetes at 16 months of age had been treated for 13 years with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) using an insulin pump. Three hypoglycemia-induced seizures were treated at home with glucagon injections, two having occurred within the previous 2 weeks. The patient also had a history of many episodes of hyperglycemia and ketonuria, most often from failed pump infusion sites.

Spotlight Article

Islet transplantation provides long-term protection from severe hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes

Peter A Senior

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 14-18

Peter A Senior reviews how long-term outcomes of islet transplantation have improved in recent years and how this therapeutic strategy might provide glycemic control and protection from hypoglycemia.

Diabetes Treatment Review

From self-monitoring of glucose to predictive continuous glucose monitoring

Daniella Otway and Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 19-21

This issue's Treatment Review focuses on the ways in which glucose can be monitored, from self-monitoring to predictive continuous glucose monitoring.

News Article

Hypoglycemia in pregnant women, and mortality in patients with diabetes reporting severe hypoglycemia

Daniella Otway and Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 22-24

In this issue’s News Article, we present recently published studies on the hormonal counter-regulatory response to hypoglycemia in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, and the comparison between multiple daily insulin injections and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in this patient group. In addition, we describe a recent publication on the risk of mortality associated with diabetic hypoglycemia.

Technology Watch

FDA plans to regulate mobile phone applications

Daniella Otway and Martin Gilmour of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia June 2013, Volume 6, Issue 1: page 25

In Technology Watch, we review a website or technology relating to diabetes. In this issue, we review the Food and Drug Administration's proposed regulation of smartphone and tablet applications for diabetes manangement.