Severe hypoglycemia among people with type 1 diabetes despite use of advanced technologies, the pros and cons of the glucose management indicator, excuses for not dancing like a chicken, and more!

Welcome to episode no. 20 (June 2024) of Diabetes Care “On Air”—a new and different way to bring the research published in Diabetes Care to life. Join co-hosts Alice Cheng, MD, FRCPC, and Michael Rickels, MD, MS, as they discuss the latest and greatest content in the June 2024 issue of Diabetes Care.

1:20 Alice and Mike begin by talking about some of the many great things that will happen at the ADA’s 84th Scientific Sessions, which will take place 21–24 June in Orlando, FL. 

4:11: Mike kicks off the interviews by bringing on Drs. Jennifer L. Sherr and Jeremy Pettus, first and last authors, respectively, of “Severe Hypoglycemia and Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia Persist in People With Type 1 Diabetes Despite Use of Diabetes Technology: Results From a Cross-sectional Survey.” This study is an editor-selected feature article appearing in the June 2024 issue and is openly accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1765. 

17:32: Alice interviews Dr. Elizabeth Selvin, author of a Perspectives in Care called “The Glucose Management Indicator: Time to Change Course?” This study is also an editor-selected feature article in the June 2024 issue and is openly accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/dci23-0086. 

30:45: In the “Diabetes Care Rapid Exchange,” Alice and Mike wrap up the episode by reviewing several interesting articles in the June 2024 issue of Diabetes Care. Studies highlighted in this segment include:

• Singh et al. Association of Continued Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors From the Ambulatory to Inpatient Setting With Hospital Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1129   
• Voglová Hagerf et al. Accuracy and Feasibility of Real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients After Abdominal Surgery and Solid Organ Transplantation. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1663   
• Barmanray et al. The Specialist Treatment of Inpatients: Caring for Diabetes in Surgery (STOIC-D Surgery) Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Intervention With an Electronic Specialist-Led Model of Diabetes Care. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1905    
• Yang et al. Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Risk in 109,954 Veterans With Adult-Onset Diabetes: The Million Veteran Program (MVP). https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1927       
• Scheuer et al. Trends in Incidence of Hospitalization for Hypoglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Individuals With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Severe Mental Illness in Denmark From 1996 to 2020: A Nationwide Study. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-2394
• Kwak et al. Time-to-Event Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Cardiovascular Disease in People With Type 2 Diabetes. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-2274      

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