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Characteristics and mortality of type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized for severe iatrogenic hypoglycemia
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 05/14/09

Fadini GP et al. - Severe iatrogenic hypoglycemia in OHA-treated patients has a worse presentation, but is not associated with a higher long-term mortality than in insulin-treated patients.

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Gian Paolo Fadini, 05/14/09

Patients with hypoglycemia due to insulin actually tended to have a worse long term outcome than patients on oral agents. However, when we controlled for comorbidities, it turned out not to be significant, thus meaning that patients on insulin had a worse prognosis because they were more sick.

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Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in the Management of Severe Hypoglycemia
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 10/16/09 Relevance Score: 90%

Risk for nocturnal hypoglycemia with biphasic insulin aspart 30 compared with biphasic human insulin 30 in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis
Clinical Therapeutics, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Classification of hypoglycemia awareness in people with type 1 diabetes in clinical practice
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 89%

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The Journal of Pediatrics, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 89%

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