Good news for diabetologists and diabetes patients. A new practical tool to identify patients at high risk for hypoglycemic emergency has been developed in partnership with the FDA as part of the Safe Use Initiative. This tool uses only 6 inputs from patient data, completely expense-free and does not require patient contact. The article discusses about this efficient, low-cost tool which helps to target interventions for patients having high risk for hypoglycemic emergencies. Hypoglycemia is one of the most frequent adverse events in patients with type 2 DM.
There are an estimated 100,000 hypoglycemic adverse events resulting in emergency hospitalization. Therefore, The US FDA funded the development of the Hypoglycemia Risk Stratification Tool as a collaborative effort to reduce hypoglycemic events. Hypoglycemia Risk Stratification Tool This tool requires only 6 inputs. These 6 inputs…
