Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes (Nov 2020)
P24 Hypoglycemia: prevalence and characterization in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the Comahue region
Abstract
Introduction: hypoglycemia is a common adverse effect of diabetes treatment and is considered the major limiting factor in treatment. Addressing this issue is very important both in the office and in research. Objectives: Asses the prevalence of any hypoglycemic event in adult patients with diabetes in the Comahue region and characterize them according to severity level (1,2y3) -D escribe the relationship between the prevalence of any event of the different hypoglycemic levels with sex, age, hbA1c, type of diabetes, duration of diabetes (years), type of treatment and complications associated with diabetes. Materials and methods: Observational, multicenter, cross-sectional study, carried out between May and July 2020 in the Comahue Chapter of SAD. Patients with diabetes diagnosis aged >18 years were randomly surveyed.
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