Hypoglycemic coma in a diabetic patient on peritoneal dialysis due to interference of icodextrin metabolites with capillary blood glucose measurements

Diabetes Care. 2004 Sep;27(9):2279. doi: 10.2337/diacare.27.9.2279.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose / analysis*
  • Capillaries
  • Coma / chemically induced*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / therapy*
  • Dialysis Solutions / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Glucans / adverse effects*
  • Glucose / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology*
  • Icodextrin
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Dialysis Solutions
  • Glucans
  • Icodextrin
  • Glucose