Insulin-induced factitious hypoglycemic coma

Hypoglycemia due to the ingestion of oral hypoglycemic agents or injection of insulin is a common way for chronic factitious disorder to present to physicians. Despite this fact, factitious hypoglycemic coma is rare. Because hypoglycemia is potentially fatal, with numerous sequelae, physicians need...

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Veröffentlicht in:	General hospital psychiatry 1986-07, Vol.8 (4), p.291-293
Hauptverfasser:	Price, William A., Zimmer, Ben, Conway, Ruthetta, Szekely, Barbara
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Blood Glucose - metabolism Commitment of Mentally Ill Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - psychology Humans Hypoglycemia - diagnosis Insulin - adverse effects Insulin - blood Insulin Coma - diagnosis Insulin Coma - psychology Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Munchausen Syndrome - diagnosis Munchausen Syndrome - psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:	Hypoglycemia due to the ingestion of oral hypoglycemic agents or injection of insulin is a common way for chronic factitious disorder to present to physicians. Despite this fact, factitious hypoglycemic coma is rare. Because hypoglycemia is potentially fatal, with numerous sequelae, physicians need to be aware of its occurrence and method of detection. A case of chronic factitious disorder presenting as hypoglycemic coma is presented and its implications discussed.
ISSN:	0163-8343 1873-7714
DOI:	10.1016/0163-8343(86)90012-5