2. Case Presentation
• Type 1 DM ( born in 1985), diagnosed since 1997, first
presented with DKA, at Pu-Ti Hospital, then Jen-Ai Hospital.
• Repeat motorcycle accidents in 1997, 2009, 2011, and 2012
respectively, brought to our ER by 119 Ambulance.
• Last motorcycle accident with left 3rd
finger tendon rupture
and multiple laceration/abrasion wounds (event:
hypoglycemic coma due to insulin injection without having
breakfast subsequently, developed on the way to his work
place ).
3. Preface
• Of the nearly 19 million people in the U.S. and 3.66 billion in the world
with diagnosed diabetes, a large percentage will seek or currently hold a
license to drive.
• A driver’s license: essential to work; taking care of family; securing access
to public and private facilities, services, and institutions; interacting with
friends; attending classes; and/or performing many other functions of
daily life.
• Indeed, in many communities and areas of the U.S. the use of an
automobile is the only (or the only feasible or affordable) means of
transportation available.
DIABETES CARE, VOLUME 36, SUPPLEMENT 1, JANUARY 2013