Hypoglycemia in a diabetes nurse care coordinator.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1984
Abstract
A 26-yr-old registered nurse who is employed as a diabetes nurse care coordinator had episodes of symptomatic fasting hypoglycemia associated with hyperinsulinemia and a relatively suppressed plasma C-peptide concentration, arousing the suspicion of self-induced illness. However, using a species-specific radioimmunoassay, the species of insulin during an episode of hypoglycemia was determined to be human in origin. Once the patient's illness was attributed to endogenous insulin hypersecretion, prompt surgical intervention and the diagnosis of nesidioblastosis in an adult was made.
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
88
Last Page
91
ISSN
0149-5992
Published In/Presented At
Bauman, W. A., Merkle, L. N., Rachman, R. A., & Mitsuto, S. M. (1984). Hypoglycemia in a diabetes nurse care coordinator. Diabetes care, 7(1), 88–91. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.7.1.88
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6368155
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article