Prolonged hyperinsulinemia after subcutaneous injection of 2400 U regular insulin in a suicide attempt: Time course of serum insulin with frequent measurements

We studied the time course of serum insulin level in a patient who injected large amounts of regular insulin in an attempted suicide. A 58‐year‐old woman attempted suicide by subcutaneously injecting herself with 2400 U regular insulin. On arrival, the serum glucose level was 2.4 mmol/L (44 mg/dL) a...

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Autores principales: Hiromine, Yoshihisa, Kawabata, Yumiko, Yamauchi, Takaaki, Noso, Shinsuke, Babaya, Naru, Harada, Takeshi, Ito, Hiroyuki, Ikegami, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24843608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2040-1124.2012.00211.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24843608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2040-1124.2012.00211.x

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