Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?

Australian recommendations for treatment of hypoglycaemia are 15 g of carbohydrate repeated at 10–15 min if hypoglycaemia persists. Cited evidence is expert opinion or older studies not pertinent to current insulin regimens. This study aimed to determine the effect of increasing initial treating car...

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Main Authors: Vindedzis, S., Marsh, B., Sherriff, Jillian, Dhaliwal, Satvinder, Stanton, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40113
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author Vindedzis, S.
Marsh, B.
Sherriff, Jillian
Dhaliwal, Satvinder
Stanton, K.
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description Australian recommendations for treatment of hypoglycaemia are 15 g of carbohydrate repeated at 10–15 min if hypoglycaemia persists. Cited evidence is expert opinion or older studies not pertinent to current insulin regimens. This study aimed to determine the effect of increasing initial treating carbohydrate and decreasing wait-time to retreatment on resolution of hypoglycaemia in 92 free-living adults on current insulin regimens. The results support an initial treatment of 20-g carbohydrate, with a 10-min wait to repeat treatment as an optimal recommendation for the insulin-treated individual self-treating hypoglycaemia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-401132017-09-13T15:58:09Z Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased? Vindedzis, S. Marsh, B. Sherriff, Jillian Dhaliwal, Satvinder Stanton, K. Australian recommendations for treatment of hypoglycaemia are 15 g of carbohydrate repeated at 10–15 min if hypoglycaemia persists. Cited evidence is expert opinion or older studies not pertinent to current insulin regimens. This study aimed to determine the effect of increasing initial treating carbohydrate and decreasing wait-time to retreatment on resolution of hypoglycaemia in 92 free-living adults on current insulin regimens. The results support an initial treatment of 20-g carbohydrate, with a 10-min wait to repeat treatment as an optimal recommendation for the insulin-treated individual self-treating hypoglycaemia. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40113 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02831.x Blackwell Publishing restricted
spellingShingle Vindedzis, S.
Marsh, B.
Sherriff, Jillian
Dhaliwal, Satvinder
Stanton, K.
Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title_full Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title_fullStr Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title_full_unstemmed Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title_short Dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: Should the Australian recommendation be increased?
title_sort dietary treatment of hypoglycaemia: should the australian recommendation be increased?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40113