Why the study?
Are episodes of severe hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes preceded and followed by quantifiable blood glucose disturbances?
Population
85 individuals with type 1 diabetes and a history of severe hypoglycemia
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6-8 months
Authors
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May support hypoglycemia prediction algorithms in T1D via CGM; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Are episodes of severe hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes preceded and followed by quantifiable blood glucose disturbances?
Episodes of severe hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes are preceded and followed by quantifiable blood glucose disturbances within 48 hours, which could be used to predict imminent events.
Kovatchev et al. (2000) studied this question.
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