Hypoglycaemia after gastric bypass: Mechanisms and treatment

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 217-223

  Ritz, P ^a   Vaurs, C ^a   Barigou, M ^a   Hanaire, H ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Continuous glucose monitoring; Glucose load; Hyperinsulinism; Hypoglycaemia

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; C PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INCRETIN; INSULIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; VERAPAMIL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITOR;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRAIN DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUMPING SYNDROME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN CLEARANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; INTESTINE FLORA; INTUBATION; NEUROGLUCOPENIA; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH EMPTYING; VAGOTOMY; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY; JEJUNUM; MALE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROCEDURES;

ACARBOSE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCRETINS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; JEJUNUM; MALE;

EID: 84957893145     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dom.12592     Document Type: Review

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