Resumen de Diabetes Overtreatment in Elderly Individuals: Risky Business in Need of Better Management

Mary A. Andrews, Patrick G. O.Malley

• Importance Although serious hypoglycemia is a common adverse drug event in ambulatory care, current performance measures do not assess potential overtreatment.

  Objective To identify high-risk patients who had evidence of intensive glycemic management and thus were at risk for serious hypoglycemia.