Insulin Tolerance Test Causes Hypokalaemia and Can Provoke Cardiac Arrhythmias

We report the observation and analysis of a new adverse event during the insulin tolerance test (ITT) and propose additional safety procedures. An 8-year-old girl with growth hormone insufficiency had a cardiac arrest due to ventricular flutter when she was tested for growth hormone deficiency by th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hormone research 2004-01, Vol.62 (2), p.84-87
Hauptverfasser:	Binder, Gerhard, Bosk, Axel, Gass, Matthias, Ranke, Michael B., Heidemann, Peter H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Arrhythmias, Cardiac - chemically induced Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnosis Blood Glucose Case Report Child Child, Preschool Diagnostic Tests, Routine - adverse effects Dwarfism, Pituitary - diagnosis Female Humans Hypokalemia - chemically induced Insulin - adverse effects Male
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