Visual function during acute hypoglycaemia

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Tabandeh, H ^a,c   Ranganath, L ^b   Marks, V ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Contrast sensitivity; Fusion; Hypoglycaemia; Stereopsis; Symptoms; Vision

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL INSULIN;

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029898092     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067219600600116     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. McLaren EH, Somerville JM. Early warning symptoms of hypoglycaemia in ambulant diabetics. Practical diabetes 1988; 5 (5): 207-8.
2. Berlin I, Grimaldi A, Payan C, Sachon C, Bosquet F, Thervet F, Puech A. Hypoglycaemic symptoms and decreased B-adrenergic sensitivity in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Diabetes Care 1987; 10: 742-7.
3. Goldgewicht C, Slama G, Papol A, Tchobroutsky G. Hypoglycaemic reaction in 172 type I (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. Diabetologia 1983; 24: 95-9.
4. Gin H, Roulet M, Brottier E, Aubertin J. Semeiologie et vecu des hypoglycemies chez 100 diabetiques traites par l'insuline. Diabete Metab 1984; 10: 255-9.
5. Boyle PJ, Schwartz NS, Shah SD, Clutter WE, Cryer PE. Plasma glucose concentrations at the onset of hypoglycaemic symptoms in patients with poorly controlled diabetes and in nondiabetics. N Engl J Med 1988; 318 (23): 1487-92.
6. Duke-Elder S. Changes in refraction in diabetes mellitus. Br J Ophthalmol 1925; 9: 167.
7. Berger W, Althaus BU. Reduced awareness of hypoglycaemia after changing from porcine to human insulin in IDDM. Diabetes Care 1987; 10 (2): 260-1.
8. De Feo P, Gallai V, Mazzotta G, et al. Modest decrements in plasma glucose concentration cause early impairment in cognitive function and later activation of glucose counterregulation in the absence of hypoglycaemic symptoms in normal man. J Clin Invest 1988; 82: 436-44.
9. Herold K, Polonsky KS, Cohen RM, Levy J, Douglas F. Variable deterioration in cortical function during insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. Diabetes 1985; 34: 677-85.
10. Pramming S, Thorsteinsson B, Theilgaard A, Pinner EM, Binder C. Cognitive function during hypoglycaemia in type I diabetes mellitus. Br Med J 1986; 292: 647-50.
11. Smith-Holmes C, Hayford JT, Gonzales JL, Weydert JA. A survey of cognitive functioning at different glucose levels in diabetic persons. Diabetes Care 1983; 180-4.
12. Harrad RA, Cockram CS, Plumb AP, Stone S, Fenwick P, Sonksen PH. The effect of hypoglycaemia on visual function: a clinical and electrophysiological study. Clin Sci 1985; 69: 673-9.
13. Blackman JD, Towle VL, Lewis GF, Spire JP, Polonsky KS. Hypoglycaemic thresholds for cognitive dysfunction in humans. Diabetes 1990; 39: 828-35.
14. Frier BM. Management of insulin-dependent diabetes: hypoglycaemia and the eye. Eye 1993; 7: 293-7.
15. Tabandeh H, Marks V, Ranganath L, Kashani F. Pupillary response during acute hypoglycaemia (abstract). Diabetic Med 1992; 9 (suppl): S43.
16. Arden G. The importance of measuring contrast sensitivity in cases of visual disturbance. Br J Ophthalmol 1978; 62: 198-209.
17. Sokol S, Moskowitz A, Skarf B, Evans R, Molitch M, Senier B. Contrast sensitivity in diabetics with and without background retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 1985; 103: 51-4.
18. Evans D, Ginsburg A. Contrast sensitivity predicts age related differences in highway sign discriminability. Human factors 1985; 27 (6): 637-42.
19. Bodis-Wollner I. Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in patients with cerebral lesions. Science 1972; 178: 769-71.
20. Regan D, Raymond J, Ginsburg A, Murray T. Contrast sensitivity, visual acuity and the discrimination of Snellen letters in multiple sclerosis. Brain 1981; 104: 333-50.
21. Bodis-Wollner I, Diamond S. The measurement of spatial contrast sensitivity in cases of blurred vision associated with cerebral lesions. Brain 1976; 99: 695-710.