DURATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIA AND NEED FOR INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE FOLLOWING INTENTIONAL OVERDOSES OF INSULIN
DURATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIA AND NEED FOR INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE FOLLOWING INTENTIONAL OVERDOSES OF INSULIN
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DOI:
10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80513-2
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
HASKELL, RJ
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作者:
STAPCZYNSKI, JS;HASKELL, RJ
To assess the treatment of intentional insulin overdoses with i.v. (IV) glucose, the records of 17 suicide attempts in 15 patients seen during a 10-yr period were reviewed. The mean age of the patients was 29 .+-. 9 yr and the mean overdose of insulin was 386 .+-. 276 U. Eight patients were insulin-dependent diabetics and 7 patients had no history of diabetes. The nondiabetics were more likely to present with hypoglycemia (serum glucose < 50 mg/dl) and develop recurrent hypoglycemia, depsite oral intake and i.v. glucose infusion, than were diabetic patients (P < 0.05, Fisher''s exact test). A significant relationship (P < 0.01) between the amount of insulin taken as a single overdose and either the total amount of i.v. glucose administered or the total time of i.v. glucose treatment until the hypoglycemic effects of excess insulin had resolved (glucose [g] = 52 + (0.699) (dose U), R = 0.9029 and time [h] = 10.5 + (0.28) (dose U), R = 0.817) was also found. No patient sustained permanent complications from hypoglycemia. Prolonged, aggressive i.v. glucose infusion and serial monitoring of serum glucose levels is required in insulin overdoses. These patients may become hypoglycemic much later than predicted from the conventional duration of action of the various insulin preparations.