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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Duration of nocturnal hypoglycemia before seizures
Diabetes Care, Volume 31, No. 11, Year 2008
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Description
OBJECTIVE - Despite a high incidence of nocturnal hypoglycemia documented by the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), there are no reports in the literature of nocturnal hypoglycemic seizures while a patient is wearing a CGM device. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - In this article, we describe four such cases and assess the duration of nocturnal hypoglycemia before the seizure. RESULTS - In the cases where patients had a nocturnal hypoglycemic seizure while wearing a CGM device, sensor hypoglycemia (>60 mg/dl) was documented on the CGM record for 2.25-4 h before seizure activity. CONCLUSIONS - Even with a subcutaneous glucose lag of 18 min when compared with blood glucose measurements, glucose sensors have time to provide clinically meaningful alarms. Current nocturnal hypoglycemic alarms need to be improved, however, since patients can sleep through the current alarm systems. © 2008 by the American Diabetes Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Buckingham, Bruce A.
United States, Palo Alto
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Wilson, Darrell M.
United States, Palo Alto
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Lecher, Todd
South Africa
St. George University
Han̊as, Ragnar
Sweden, Uddevalla
Uddevalla Hospital
Kaiserman, Kevin B.
United States
West Covina
Cameron, Fergus J.
Australia, Melbourne
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Statistics
Citations: 110
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.2337/dc08-0863
ISSN:
01495992
e-ISSN:
19355548
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study