Complications of diazoxide treatment in persistent neonatal hyperinsulinism.
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Complications of diazoxide treatment in persistent neonatal hyperinsulinism.
Seven infants with persistent neonatal hyperinsulinism were treated in Dhahran Health Centre from 1983 to 1986. The insulin:glucose ratio (serum insulin concentration pmol/l) divided by the blood glucose concentration (mmol/l) ranged from 12 to 636, mean (SD) 177 (201). To control hypoglycaemia, diazoxide (12-24 mg/kg/day) was given in a continuous intravenous glucose infusion (12-22 mg/kg/min)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.64.10.1496