Letters
Hypoglycaemia and good diabetes care
Australian paediatric guidelines already acknowledge hypoglycaemia as an indicator of good diabetes care
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1898 (Published 05 April 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;353:i1898
- Clever Banda, consultant paediatrician and senior lecturer
- University of Queensland, Hervey Bay Rural Clinical School, Hervey Bay Hospital, Urraween, QLD 4655, Australia
- cleverbanda{at}yahoo.com
Rodriguez-Gutierrez and colleagues emphasise that diabetes guidelines in the UK and US, except for those from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, focus on hyperglycaemia as a quality measure at the expense of hypoglycaemia and re-iterate the adverse effects of hypoglycaemia on health.1
The Australia Paediatric Endocrine …
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