An Evaluation of Methods of Assessing Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes
Response to Geddes et al.
- Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, MD,
- Thomas Høi-Hansen, MD and
- Birger Thorsteinsson, MD, DMSC
- Division of Internal Medicine I, Nordsjællands Hospital–Hillerød, Hillerød, Denmark
- Address correspondence to Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard, Division of Internal Medicine I, Nordsjællands Hospital–Hillerød, Helsevej 2, DK-3400 Hillerød, Denmark. E-mail: ulpebj{at}noh.regionh.dk
The report by Geddes et al. (1) deals with an important—and controversial—clinical issue: classification of hypoglycemia awareness.
Three methods were compared: the Edinburgh method (2), the Clarke method (3), and our method (4). Geddes et al. (1) conclude that our method is too simplified and overestimates the prevalence of impaired awareness and recommend the use of the Edinburgh and/or the Clarke …
