Severe hypoglycemia in a nondiabetic patient leading to acute respiratory failure

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1362-1364

  Baig, Muhammad Ahsan ^a,b   Ali, Shaukat ^a,b   Rasheed, Javeria ^a,b   Bergman, Michael ^a,b   Privman, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a Long Island College Hospital ^*

^b LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hypoglycemia; Liver; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746776196     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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