Effectively Addressing Severe Hypoglycemia: Implications, Treatment, and Communication

 

Release Date: June 27, 2018

Last Reviewed: June 25, 2018

Expiration Date: June 27, 2019

Time to Complete Activity:  1.0 hour

*This activity expired for credit on June 27, 2019 and is no longer available for credit 

 

Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Program

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

 

Associate Clinical Professor

Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine

Hofstra Northwell University

Hempstead, NY

Vice President, Advanced Internal Medicine Group, P.C.

East Hills, NY

 

Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice

Fellow, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine

UC Riverside School of Medicine

Director, Unger Concierge Primary Care Medical Group

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Patient & Caregiver Faculty
Tim Moss
Patient
Corona, CA

Susan Moss
Caregiver
Corona, CA

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This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners, PAs, nurses, and diabetes educators. It will also be of benefit to endocrinologists and other healthcare professionals interested in the management of hypoglycemia in diabetes patients.

 

All patients with diabetes, including both type 1 and type 2, are at risk for hypoglycemia, or low blood glucose. Hypoglycemia is one of the most important complications related to antiglycemic agents, particularly insulin. Recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia are associated with increased cardiovascular risk for patients with diabetes. Severe hypoglycemia, requiring assistance for management, is a risk for recurrent episodes. Additionally, recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia may lead to the development of hypoglycemic unawareness—the inability for the individual to discern when they are experiencing a hypoglycemic episode. Severe hypoglycemia is a serious and potentially life-threatening event requiring immediate treatment and education to prevent recurrence. All clinicians who treat patients with diabetes would benefit from an educational activity that will help them better identify, treat, and educate patients who are most at risk for severe hypoglycemic episodes as well as provide information on new strategies designed to reduce or ameliorate their occurrence.

 

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Grant/Research Support: Dexcom, Inc.; MannKind Corporation

Retained Consultant: Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.; Becton, Dickinson and Company; Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Lexicon Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Livongo Health; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novo Nordisk, Omada Health, Inc; sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, Science 37, Inc.

Speakers Bureau: Novo Nordisk

 

Retained Consultant: Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk

Speakers Bureau: Abbott Laboratories, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk

 

 

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