Voorbeelden van hypoglycaemia

• During that night he had hypothermia, severe hypoglycaemia, generalized seizures, abdominal distension and mild upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

• This flat profile is thought to reduce the risk of potential hypoglycaemia.

• Hypoglycaemia with the sulphonylureas is particularly likely if increasing renal impairment goes unnoticed.

• Education is vital from the outset regarding the prevention, recognition and treatment of hypoglycaemia.

• They have the potential for causing hypoglycaemia due to their long action.

• The patient should not be left alone until the risk of further hypoglycaemia is thought to have passed.

• Urinalysis is not particularly useful, because this will not warn of impending hypoglycaemia.

• The principal goal of treatment is to prevent acute complications of diabetes, which can affect daily life such as hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia and in the long-term the prevention of complications.

• Persistent insulin release leads to severe hypoglycaemia.

• They can cause hypoglycaemia and weight gain.

• Hypoglycaemia may be provoked by too high a dose in relation particularly to renal functions, if dietary intake is irregular or the drug is displaced from its carrier protein.

• Seventy-two per cent had a birth weight of >2500 g, 66.7 % had a gestational age of >37 weeks, 30 % presented with respiratory diseases and/or hypoglycaemia.

• The point is: what is the risk element of an attack of hypoglycaemia?

• Getting the balance wrong can lead to hypoglycaemia—a sudden reduction of blood sugar levels, which can affect brain and body co-ordination, sometimes quite badly.

• It is worth mentioning that very few insulin-dependent diabetics collapse with hypoglycaemia without warning.