Cardiac arrhythmia and nocturnal hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes-the 'dead in bed' syndrome revisited

Diabetologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Gill, G V ^a   Woodward, A ^a   Casson, I F ^a   Weston, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Dead in bed syndrome; Nocturnal hypoglycaemia; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRADYCARDIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SLEEP; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249094211     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1177-7     Document Type: Article

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