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Are we missing hypoglycaemia? Elderly patients with insulin-treated diabetes present to primary care frequently with non-specific symptoms associated with hypoglycaemia

S. Hope,P. J. Taylor,B. Shields,A. Hattersley,William T. Hamilton

Published 2017 in Primary Care Diabetes

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Highlights • Non-specific symptoms make hypoglycaemia recognition difficult in older patients• Patients aged >65 commonly present to primary care with non-specific symptoms• Those with documented hypos present more on other occasions with non-specific symptoms, which could represent unrecognised hypoglycaemia• Nausea, falls & unsteadiness were more common in these patients.

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