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ea0038p271 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2015

Evaluation of hypoglycaemia unawareness in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus using continuous glucose monitoring in a tertiary care centre

Naik Dukhabandhu , Shilpa R M , Mahesh D M , Asha H S , Kapoor Nitin , Paul Thomas , Padmanabhan V , Inbakumari Mercy , Christina Flory , Rani Jansi , Natarajan Divya , Jeyaseelan L , Thomas Nihal

Background: Intensive glycemic control forms the benchmark of management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and is limited by the risk of hypoglycaemia. Repeated episodes of hypoglycaemia can lead to development of hypoglycaemia unawareness and a sixfold increase in deaths in those experiencing severe hypoglycaemia. Severe hypoglycaemia occurs in 35–42% patients with T1DM. However, there is lack of data from our population and hence we aimed to objectively estimate the pr...