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Comparison of Prehospital Glucose with or without IV Thiamine

INTRODUCTION: Loading of thiamine prior to glucose administration during hypoglycemia to prevent Wernicke’s encephalopathy is routine in the prehospital setting. To date no study has looked at the validity of this therapy. METHODS: We evaluated a retrospective cohort of 242 patients who received int...

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Autores principales: Merlin, Mark A., Carluccio, Alessia, Raswant, Neil, DosSantos, Frank, Ohman-Strickland, Pamela, Lehrfeld, David P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359624
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2012.1.6760