Hypoglycemia - Not so Sweet

Volume 02, Issue 09
April 2011

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Interview with:

Elizabeth Seaquist, MD, Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes; Pennock Family Chair in Diabetes Re­search, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Definitions

Hypoglycemia: A recent consensus conference defined hypoglycemia as BG£70 mg/dL.

Severe hypoglycemic event: Typically defined as a hypoglycemic event in which the person requires assistance to rec­ognize and manage the hypoglycemia.

Physiologic response to hypoglycemia

The initial response to falling BG is that insulin secretion...