Editorial

Hypoglycemia in hospital inpatients with diabetes – a problem revisited

Brian M Frier

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

This Editorial by Professor Brian M Frier highlights the key points in this issue's Feature Article, directing attention to the frequency, causes, management and avoidance of hypoglycemia in hospitalized people with diabetes.

Feature Article

Hypoglycemia in patients with non-critical illness in the hospital setting

Mary T Korytkowski

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 3-8

Mary T Korytkowski offers potential solutions to minimize the risk of hypoglycemia in hospitalized people with diabetes, and discusses factors that contribute to, and adverse clinical outcomes associated with, inpatient hypoglycemia.

Clinical Case Study

The effects of the psychological burden of hypoglycemia on an adolescent girl with type 1 diabetes and her mother

Krystyna Matyka

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 9-11

A 12-year-old female with type 1 diabetes from the age of 2 years, had sub-optimal glycemic control, and her glycated hemoglobin had never been below 10.3% (89 mmol/mol). Although the patient performed her own glucose self-monitoring, her mother – a single parent – injected the insulin doses and managed the patient’s diabetes. 

Spotlight Article

Hypoglycemia, chronic kidney disease and diabetes

Mazen Alsahli and John E Gerich

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 12-16

Mazen Alsahli and John E Gerich review current knowledge of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and morbidity of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and discuss therapeutic limitations in this situation.

In Profile

In Profile – Birger Thorsteinsson

Daniella Otway of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 17-19

In this issue of Diabetic Hypoglycemia, we interview Dr Birger Thorsteinsson, consultant at the Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød, Denmark, and professor in diabetes at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Diabetes Treatment Review

Post-exercise hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes

Daniella Otway of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 20-23

This issue's Treatment Review focuses on the ways in which exercise impacts hypoglycemia, and how post-exercise hypoglycemia may be minimized.

News Article

Severe hypoglycemia and health-related quality of life and the impact of hypoglycemia on cardiovascular parameters

Daniella Otway of the Diabetic Hypoglycemia Editorial Team

Diabetic Hypoglycemia September 2013, Volume 6, Issue 2: page 24-26

In this issue’s News Article, we present a publication on the impact of severe hypoglycemia on quality of life of patients with diabetes, and recently published studies on the effect of hypoglycemia on cardiovascular parameters.