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Prediction of recovery time from hypoglycemia in patients with insulin overdose.
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PMID:  21519152     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Insulin overdose results in prolonged hypoglycemia. We hypothesized that if a huge amount of insulin is subcutaneously injected, the duration of hypoglycemia depends on the dose of insulin rather than the type of insulin. We conducted a literature review of insulin overdose and 33 cases were included in this study. We assessed the correlation between recovery time from hypoglycemia and insulin dose. As a result, there was a significant correlation between recovery time from hypoglycemia and insulin dose (r = 0.88, p <0.0001) and this correlation was expressed as y = 0.045x; where y is time (h) and x is insulin dose (U), corresponding to that if 1000 U insulin is injected, hypoglycemia will persist for (~)45 h. This equation may be useful to predict the duration of glucose supplementation for treatment of insulin overdose.
Authors:
Takako Ohyama; Yoshifumi Saisho; Ayako Muraki; Toshihide Kawai; Hiroshi Itoh
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endocrine journal     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1348-4540     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9313485     Medline TA:  Endocr J     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine.
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