Severe sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia: a problem of uncritical prescription and deficiencies of diabetes care in geriatric patients

Holstein, Andreas; Hammer, C.; Hahn, Michael; Kulamadayil, Nidhi-Su-Ann; Kovács, Péter

doi:10.1517/14740338.2010.492777

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Severe sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia: a problem of uncritical prescription and deficiencies of diabetes care in geriatric patients

Published in Expert Opinion on Drug Safety • Jun 16, 2010

Authors:

Andreas Holstein

C. Hammer

Michael Hahn

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Severe sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia (SH) remains a life-threatening and under-reported condition. We investigated the incidence of SH and clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to demonstrate typical risk constellations. METHODS: In a prospective po...

Subject

Medicine

Hypoglycemia

Sulfonylurea

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