Department of Pediatrics, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Sep 15;11:609. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00609. eCollection 2020.
Severe hypoglycemia is defined as a condition with serious cognitive dysfunction, such as a convulsion and coma, requiring external help from other persons. This condition is still lethal and is reported to be the cause of death in 4-10% in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. The incidence of severe hypoglycemia in the pediatric population was previously reported as high as more than 50-100 patient-years; however, there was a decline in the frequency of severe hypoglycemia during the past decades, and relationship with glycemic control became weaker than previously reported. A lot of studies have shown the neurological sequelae with severe hypoglycemia as cognitive dysfunction and abnormalities in brain structure. This serious condition also provides negative psychosocial outcomes and undesirable compensatory behaviors. Various possible factors, such as younger age, recurrent hypoglycemia, nocturnal hypoglycemia, and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, are possible risk factors for developing severe hypoglycemia. A low HbA level is not a predictable value for severe hypoglycemia. Prevention of severe hypoglycemia remains one of the most critical issues in the management of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. Advanced technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), intermittently scanned CGM, and sensor-augmented pump therapy with low-glucose suspend system, potentially minimize the occurrence of severe hypoglycemia without worsening overall glycemic control. Hybrid closed-loop system must be the most promising tool for achieving optimal glycemic control with preventing the occurrence of severe hypoglycemia in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes.
严重低血糖定义为一种伴有严重认知功能障碍的情况,如抽搐和昏迷,需要他人的外部帮助。这种情况仍然是致命的,据报道,在 1 型糖尿病儿童和青少年中,其死亡率为 4-10%。严重低血糖在儿科人群中的发生率此前报道高达超过 50-100 患者年;然而,在过去几十年中,严重低血糖的频率有所下降,与血糖控制的关系比之前报道的要弱。许多研究表明,严重低血糖会导致认知功能障碍和大脑结构异常等神经后遗症。这种严重情况还会带来负面的心理社会后果和不良的代偿行为。一些可能的因素,如年龄较小、反复发生低血糖、夜间低血糖和低血糖感知受损,可能是发生严重低血糖的危险因素。HbA1c 水平低并不是严重低血糖的可预测值。预防严重低血糖仍然是 1 型糖尿病儿科患者管理中最关键的问题之一。先进的技术,如连续血糖监测(CGM)、间歇性扫描 CGM、带有低血糖暂停系统的传感器增强型泵治疗,有可能在不恶化整体血糖控制的情况下最大限度地减少严重低血糖的发生。混合闭环系统必须是实现最佳血糖控制并预防 1 型糖尿病儿科患者发生严重低血糖的最有前途的工具。