Tools for health care providers & researchers
If you are a doctor, other health professional or researcher, 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.
Slides & infographics
Hypoglycaemia and Prevention: Cardiovascular disease and hypoglycaemia
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2019
- An educational slide deck developed by the IHSG
- Reviews evidence connecting hypoglycaemia and CV risk
- Reviews the association between hypoglycaemia and CV risk from large CV outcome trials
- Provides an overview of the mechanisms of hypoglycaemia-induced CV risk
- Can be downloaded and used as a teaching resource
Hypoglycaemia and Prevention: Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2019
- An educational slide deck developed by the IHSG
- Reviews the pathophysiological impact of hypoglycaemia
- Reviews the impact of impaired awareness on people with diabetes and related impact on caregivers
- Provides an overview of tools to assess impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia
- Reviews strategies to manage impaired awareness
- Can be downloaded and used as a teaching resource
Hypoglycaemia and Prevention: Educating patients with diabetes and their caregivers
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2019
- An educational slide deck developed by the IHSG
- Reviews hypoglycaemia risk factors, challenges for management, and the impact on caregivers
- Provides an overview of prevention and treatment of hypoglycaemia
- Uses patient cases to illustrate management challenges
- Can be downloaded and used as a teaching resource
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
Symposia
Current Developments in Diabetic Hypoglycaemia
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2014
- Slides presented by the IHSG at a symposium at the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna, Austria
* IAH = impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia; IHSG = International Hypoglycaemia Study Group.