A cross-sectional analysis of the short-term outcomes of patients receiving prehospital treatment for symptomatic hypoglycaemia in Cape Town

There has been a growing prevalence of patients with chronic medical conditions in South Africa, diabetes mellitus being one of them. Acute symptomatic hypoglycaemia (SH) refers to decreased level of plasma glucose <3.5 mmol/L accompanied by an altered level of consciousness. Pre-hospital managem...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Ridhaa Booley, Tyson Welzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X1500035X