Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia and Severe Hypoglycemia in Drivers With Diabetes: Insights From the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Nationwide Audit

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¹ Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K.
² University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, U.K.
³ University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
⁴ Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
⁵ Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
⁶ Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, U.K.
⁷ Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, U.K.
⁸ St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, U.K.
⁹ East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury, U.K.
¹⁰ Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, U.K.
¹¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, U.K.
¹² Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, U.K.
¹³ City Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.
¹⁴ Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K. thozhukat.sathyapalan@hyms.ac.uk.

Harshal Deshmukh et al. Diabetes Care. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;44(11):e190-e191.

doi: 10.2337/dc21-1181. Epub 2021 Sep 15.

¹ Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K.
² University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, U.K.
³ University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
⁴ Leicester Diabetes Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
⁵ Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
⁶ Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, U.K.
⁷ Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, U.K.
⁸ St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, U.K.
⁹ East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury, U.K.
¹⁰ Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington, U.K.
¹¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, U.K.
¹² Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, U.K.
¹³ City Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.
¹⁴ Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Hull, Hull, U.K. thozhukat.sathyapalan@hyms.ac.uk.

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