Fatal neuroglycopaenia after accidental use of a glucose 5% solution in a peripheral arterial cannula flush system

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-620

  Sinha, S ^a   Jayaram, R ^a   Hargreaves, C G ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ATORVASTATIN; ATROPINE; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOBUTAMINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HETASTARCH; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LAXATIVE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; RAMIPRIL; THYROXINE; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLOID; COLOSTOMY; COMA; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRYSTALLOID; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFUSION RATE; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; NOSE FEEDING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOID; SPLENECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG PACKAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 34249087333     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04989.x     Document Type: Article

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