Hypoglycemia in Frail Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Sulfonylurea

Peter van Dijk; Annette Bouma; Gijs W Landman; Klaas H Groenier; Henk Bilo; Nanne Kleefstra; Kornelis J J van Hateren

doi:10.1177/1932296816668873

Hypoglycemia in Frail Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Sulfonylurea

J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2017 Mar;11(2):438-439. doi: 10.1177/1932296816668873. Epub 2016 Sep 25.

Authors

Peter van Dijk^{1

2}, Annette Bouma¹, Gijs W Landman^{1

3

4}, Klaas H Groenier⁵, Henk Bilo^{1

2

6}, Nanne Kleefstra^{1

4

6}, Kornelis J J van Hateren^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Isala, Diabetes Centre, Zwolle, Netherlands.
² 2 Isala, Department of Internal Medicine, Zwolle, Netherlands.
³ 3 Gelre Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
⁴ 4 Langerhans Medical Research Group, Zwolle, Netherlands.
⁵ 5 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of General Practice, Groningen, Netherlands.
⁶ 6 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Internal Medicine, Groningen, Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: frailty; hypoglycemia; sulfonylurea; type 2 diabetes.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
Female
Frail Elderly
Gliclazide / therapeutic use*
Humans
Hypoglycemia / epidemiology*
Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use*
Male
Metformin / therapeutic use
Sulfonylurea Compounds / therapeutic use*

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Sulfonylurea Compounds
glimepiride
Metformin
Gliclazide

Associated data

NTR/NTR 4952