Startling hyperglycaemia with transient beta cell stunning in a patient with type 2 diabetes

Autor: Masaki Kakizawa, Toru Aizawa, Yuka Sato, Masayuki Takayama, Takahide Miyamoto, Shin-Ichi Aso, Koh Yamashita
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Endocrine Journal. 67:95-98
ISSN: 1348-4540
0918-8959
Popis: A 59-year-old woman unaware of having diabetes was transferred due to coma. Upon discovery at home, her consciousness on the Glasgow Coma Scale was E1V2M4, BP 95/84 mmHg, body temperature 34.7°C. On arrival at ER, height was 1.63 m, weight 97 kg, plasma glucose (PG) 1,897 mg/dL, HbA1c 13.6%, osmolality 421 mosm/kg, arterial pH 7.185, lactate 6.34 mmol/L, β-hydroxybutyrate 7.93 mmol/L. With saline and regular insulin infusion, PG was lowered to 1,440 mg/dL at 2 hours and then to 250 mg/dL by Day 3, and consciousness normalized by Day 5. On admission, serum immunoreactive insulin (IRI) was undetectable (
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