Low-dose glucose infusion after achieving critical hypoglycemia during insulin tolerance testing effects on time of hypoglycemia, neuroendoctrine stress response and patients's discomfort in a pilot study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-526

  Borm, K ^a   Slawik, M ^a   Beuschlein, F ^a   Seiler, L ^a   Flohr, F ^a   Berg, A ^a   Koenig, A ^b   Reincke, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644563969     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.01992     Document Type: Article

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