Hypoglycaemia and counterregulatory hormone responses in severe falciparum malaria: treatment with Sandostatin.
The mechanism and response to treatment of severe life-threatening hypoglycaemia (plasma glucose 1.15 +/- 0.73 mM/l [+/- SD]) was studied in eight Thai patients with falciparum malaria. Plasma insulin concentrations were inappropriately high (range 1.0-21.8 mU/l), lactic acidosis was common (arteria...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1993
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