Clinical Chemistry Link to Randox Laboratories Web Site
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Clinical Chemistry 36: 815-817, 1990;
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit an electronic Letter to
the Editor about this paper
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ellison, D. A.
Right arrow Articles by Forman, D. T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ellison, D. A.
Right arrow Articles by Forman, D. T.

Clinical Chemistry, Vol 36, 815-817, Copyright © 1990 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Transient hyperglycemia during abdominal aortic surgery

DA Ellison and DT Forman
Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.

A 64-year-old man undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with no history of diabetes mellitus had an episode of marked hyperglycemia during surgery. The peak concentration of glucose in plasma was 43.2 mmol/L. This hyperglycemia responded immediately to administration of 30 units of regular insulin. Factors involved in the hyperglycemia included surgical stress, multiple medications, and the anesthetic used (isoflurane), but do not fully account for the magnitude of the increase in glucose. The data suggest that the patient may have had an underlying insulin deficiency, which was unmasked by the stress of surgery.




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1990 by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.