A Case of Factitious Hyperglycemia in a Patient on Intravenous Ascorbic Acid

Finger stick blood glucose meters are widely used in outpatient and inpatient settings. However, various factors can affect accuracy of readings from these meters. Here we present a patient who had spurious glucose elevation on these meters while being on intravenous ascorbic acid.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sharma, Eliza, Resta, Christine, Park, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7063137
Descripción
Sumario:Finger stick blood glucose meters are widely used in outpatient and inpatient settings. However, various factors can affect accuracy of readings from these meters. Here we present a patient who had spurious glucose elevation on these meters while being on intravenous ascorbic acid.

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