title: Position statement: hypoglycemia management in patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Mellitus Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide practical recommendations for evaluation and management of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Members of the Diabetes Mellitus Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recommendations were formulated according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system to describe both the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence. A systematic search was made in MEDLINE (PubMed). Papers in English and Spanish with publication date before 15 February 2013 were included. For recommendations about drugs only those approved by the European Medicines Agency were included. After formulation of recommendations, they were discussed by the Working Group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The document provides evidence-based practical recommendations for evaluation and management of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Endocrinología, Nutrición y Riesgo vascular, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas, Almería, España; Servicio de Endocrinología, Clínica San Pedro, Almería, España. Electronic address: pmr.csp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mezquita-Raya
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes-García
authors.forename: Óscar
authors.initials: Ó
authors.lastname: Moreno-Pérez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Torres
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Merino-Torres
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gorgojo-Martínez
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jódar-Gimeno
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escalada San Martín
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gargallo-Fernández
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soto-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: González Pérez de Villar
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becerra Fernández
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellido Guerrero
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botella-Serrano
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gómez-Peralta
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López de la Torre Casares
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Consensus statement; Diabetes mellitus; Hipoglucemia; Hypoglycemia; Posicionamiento