New research shows that insulin-related hypoglycaemia is responsible for >97,000 visits to emergency departments in the USA each year. Patients with diabetes mellitus aged >80 years have twice the rate of such visits than those in midlife, highlighting the need to improve management strategies for elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.
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E.R.S. receives research grant funding from AMG Medical and Eli Lilly. She also has served as a consultant for AMG Medical, BMS-AZ, Merck, Sanofi and SkyePharma. A.M. declares no competing interests.
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Moheet, A., Seaquist, E. Hypoglycaemia, emergency care and diabetes mellitus. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 384–385 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.67
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