Tools for Healthcare Professionals

If you are a doctor or other health professional, these practical materials can help you deepen your understanding of hypoglycaemia and assess risk in individual patients. You are welcome to use them as teaching aids.

How high is your patient’s risk for severe hypoglycaemia?

International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG)
2018

• A one-page risk assessment tool developed by the IHSG
• Divides risk levels into low, moderate and high
• Offers treatment recommendations for each risk range
• Provides risk-reduction strategies

Hypoglycaemia in diabetes: Why it matters and what to do about it

International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG)
2016

• An educational slide deck developed by the IHSG
• Reviews classification, prevalence, impact, risk factors, risk reduction, treatment
• Uses a patient case to illustrate common management challenges
• Includes interactive questions
• Can be downloaded and used as a teaching tool

Hypoglycaemia: a problem with many faces

EASD Symposium
2018

• Presentation from the IHSG symposium at the EASD in Berlin, Germany on 3 October.

Hypoglycaemia: a practical approach to a global problem

IDF Symposium
2017

• Presentation from the IHSG symposium at the IDF in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 7 December.

Diabetic Hypoglycaemia: New Thinking, New Tools

EASD Symposium
2017

• Presentation from the IHSG symposium at the EASD in Lisbon, Portugal on 14 September.

Diabetic Hypoglycemia: Questions and Controversies

International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG)
2016

• The IHSG symposium presentation from the 9^th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications in Atlanta, USA

Hypoglycemia Expert Meeting slides

International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG)
2015

• Presentation from the IHSG event at the 2015 IDF World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver, Canada

Current Developments in Diabetic Hypoglycemia

International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG)
2014

• Slides presented by the IHSG at a symposium at the 50^th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna, Austria