Marked sinus bradycardia and QT prolongation in a diabetic patient with severe hypoglycemia

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 349-351

  Bolognesi, Roberto ^a   Tsialtas, Dimitri ^a   Bolognesi, Maria Giulia ^a   Giumelli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemic diabetes; Insulin; Marked sinus bradycardia; QT prolongation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETIC COMA; DIABETIC PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORNING DOSAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; BIPHASIC INSULINS; BRADYCARDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC COMA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LONG QT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052769348     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: 1873460X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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