Hospitalized patients who experience low blood glucose levels are at substantially increased risk of death, both over the short term and after discharge, compared with those who don't have ...

Changes to the patient’s diabetes care were made due to her history of hypoglycemia when not snacking and because she would likely be eating less initially. Her insulin glargine was lowered to 20 ...

If a patient has severe hypoglycemia it is mandatory to review dietary practices, insulin injection techniques and timing, and insulin regimen. Exclusion of associated diseases, such as celiac disease ...

A deep learning model can identify hospitalized patients at risk for hypoglycemia within 24 hours, according to a study ...

We all remember that beta blockers should be used cautiously in diabetic patients because these agents can blunt the symptoms of hypoglycemia. Recently, I have had quite good results using beta ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers recently found that although primary care physicians should discuss the problems of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, during each visit with patients who have ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Featured speakers, Dr. Richard Pratley of Florida Hospital System and Dr. Steven Edelman of UC San Diego Health, recently delivered a unified message to several ...

The patient became severely hypoglycemic within 10 to 12 hours after taking the pain drug. Among pain management clinicians, the use of tramadol, a centrally-acting synthetic opioid analgesic, has ...

Episodes of nocturnal hypoglycemia are frequent and can be prolonged in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), Beck and colleagues have found. “Hypoglycemia while sleeping is an extremely ...

Ms. Sarah J. Grzybinski (Emergency Medicine): A 36-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of episodes of altered mental status. The patient had been well until 6 years before admission, ...

Hypoglycemia may develop in patients with severe untreated malaria and can complicate the course of treatment with parenteral quinine as a result of quinine-induced hyperinsulinemia. Intravenous ...

Background A 48-year-old woman who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 5 years of age presented to our Clinical Islet Transplant Program with severe, recurrent hypoglycemia and glycemic lability.