Clinical Audit on Hypoglycemic Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
: Hypoglycaemia is an important complication in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, because it causes recurrent physical and psycho-social morbidity, and is sometimes fatal. The main objective of the study is to clinically audit the hypoglycaemic symptoms in type 2 diabetic patients in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. This cross sectional clinical audit was done in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore during May 2020. The data was collected with the permission of ethical committee of hospital. The data was collected from type 2 diabetic patients who were enrolled during last 6 months in the hospital. We critically analyse the hypoglycemic symptoms of type 2 diabetic patients. The data was collected from 150 patients of Nishtar hospital, Multan for audit analysis. There were 70 males and 80 females. The age range was 40 to 70 years and the mean age was 58.95±5.67 for hypoglycaemic symptoms patients and 55.15±10.67 for without symptoms patients. It is concluded that hypoglycaemic symptoms are a common complication of diabetic treatment, and efforts should be focused especially on insulin-treated patients to prevent hypoglycaemia, including education on hypoglycaemia awareness, self-monitoring of blood glucose and dietary advice.