%0 Journal Article %T Caracter¨ªsticas cl¨ªnicas de los episodios de hipoglucemia en ni£¿os y adolescentes con diabetes tipo 1 atendidos en el Hospital Pedi¨¢trico "William Soler" %A Gonz¨¢lez Fern¨¢ndez %A Pedro %A Gonz¨¢lez Fern¨¢ndez %A Ciro %A ¨¢lvarez Gonz¨¢lez %A Miguel ¨¢ngel %A Garc¨ªa S¨¢ez %A Julieta %J Revista Cubana de Endocrinolog£¿-a %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X introduction: hypoglycemia is the more frequent complication in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and for some it is a more serious problem associated with the disease. objetive: to determine the frequencies and the clinical features of hypoglycemia in a group of diabetic children and adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus seen in the endocrinology of the "william soler" children hospital from january, 1987 and january, 2000. medical records, general data of patient, insulin therapy , results of glycosylated hemoglobin were registered, as well as the recounted hypoglycemia episodes which were classified as slight and severe. results: there was a high frequency of hypoglycemia episodes (56,25 %). the first severe hypoglycemia was registered as more frequent at the age group of 5 years. the first severe hypoglycemia episode occurred before the first year of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. patients under a intensive regime had a greater percentage of episodes of severe hypoglycemia than those under a conventional regime. the metabolic control not influenced in occurrence of severe hypoglycemia episodes. conclusions: the above mentioned episodes had a high frequency with predominance of the severe ones during the dawn and with more involvement in the group aged under 5 being a neurodevelopmental affection of development in this age group. %K hypoglycemia %K type 1 diabetes mellitus %K insulin hypoglycemia %K nocturnal hypoglycemia. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-29532010000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en