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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2013 Aug 15;15(4):287–293. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12068

Table 4.

Severe Hypoglycemica,c (SH), Diabetic Ketoacidosisc(DKA), ER Visitsb and Hospital Admissionsb (N=857)

Rate (total # events)

SH Events per 100 person-years 5.2 (44)
SH Rate by Age at Diagnosis
 <5 years 10.5 (17)
 5–<12 years 4.0 (19)
 12–<19 years 3.8 (8)
SH Impairment by Age at Diagnosis Frequency (% of SH events)
 Seizure/Loss Conscious 17 (39%)
  <5 years 10 (59%)
  5–<12 years 7 (37%)
  12–<19 years 0
 Required Assistanced 25 (57%)
  <5 years 6 (35%)
  5–<12 years 11 (58%)
  12–<19 years 8 (100%)
SH Treatmente
 Glucagon Given 19 (43%)
 ER Visit 18 (41%)
 Hospital Admission 2 (5%)
 Ambulance 9 (20%)
 Emergency Medical Technician Assist 9 (20%)
SH Outcome
 Fully Recovered 44 (100%)
Rate (total # events)
DKA Events per 100 person-years 1.5 (13)
DKA Rate by Age at Diagnosis
 <5 years 2.5 (4)
 5–<12 years 1.1 (5)
 12–<19 years 1.9 (4)
# Events/Patients
ER Visits 96/79
Hospital Admissions 29/26
 Floorf Only 20/19
 ICU and Floorf 6/4
 ICU only 3/3
a

A severe hypoglycemia event is defined as a hypoglycemic event that required the assistance of another person due to altered consciousness to actively administer carbohydrate, glucagon, or other resuscitative actions. Multiple episodes of SH events on the same day counted as one episode and any episode on a separate calendar date was counted as a new event.

b

ER visits and Hospital admissions due to reasons other than SH or DKA.

c

24 participants had one SH event, 5 participants had two SH events, 1 participant had four SH events and 1 participant had six SH events. All 44 events occurred when participant was not wearing a CGM sensor or had unknown status of sensor wearing. 7 participants had one DKA event and 3 participants had two DKA events.

d

Required assistance without seizure or loss conscious.

e

Same participant can have more than one treatment.

f

“Floor” is a non-ICU inpatient admission.