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A case of acute insulin poisoning with attempt to suicide
C R Debnath1, M R Debnath, M M Alam
1Dr Chitta Ranjan Debnath, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Hepatology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Mymensingh Medical Journal : MMJ
|December 8, 2014
Abstract:
A 18 years old girl with no known comorbidities was admitted in female medicine ward through the emergency department with rapid onset of semi consciousness due to hypoglycaemia (plasma glucose in admission was 2.0mmol/L). She had history of self-injection of insulin (regular insulin 300 units) subcutaneously in abdominal wall. However she didn't developed serious complications of hypoglycaemia and was subsequently discharged after conservative treatment.