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Updated: May 8 2015

Hypoglycemia

Snap Shot
  •  A nurse is brought to the emergency room unconscious.
Introduction
  • Causes include (REEXPLAIN):
    • renal failure
    • exogenous insulin
    • pituitary insufficiency
    • liver failure
    • adrenal insufficiency
    • insulinoma
    • neoplasm
Presentation
  • Symptoms 
    • mental status changes
Evaluation
  • C-peptide to rule out endogenous or exogenous insulin
    • if the patient injected herself with insulin c-peptide levels should be low
Treatment
  • Glucagon
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