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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
To test the hypothesis that the rate of decrease in plasma glucose concentration may affect the hierarchy of responses to hypoglycemia, we compared plasma couterregulatory hormone concentrations, autonomic and neuroglycopenic symptom scores, and cognitive function test performance in 10 normal volunteers whose plasma glucose concentration was either rapidly (over 30 min) decreased to 3.7 mmol (66 mg/dL) or was slowly decreased in a stepwise manner to plateaus of 4.3 mmol (78 mg/dL), 3.7 mmol (66 mg/dL), 3.0 mmol (54 mg/dL), and 2.3 mmol (42 mg/dL). Comparable plasma counterregulatory hormone concentrations and autonomic symptom scores were observed in both sets of experiments during the 3.7 mmol (66 mg/dL) plateaus. In the stepwise decrement experiments, significant increases in neuroglycopenic symptom scores and deterioration in cognitive performance occurred only during the last glycemic plateau (2.3 mmol, 42 mg/dL). In the rapid decrement experiments, no increase in neuroglycopenic symptom score or deterioration in cognitive performance was observed during the 3.7 mmol (66 mg/dL) plateau. We, therefore, conclude that in normal volunteers the rate of decrease in plasma glucose concentration does not affect the hierarchy of responses to hypoglycemia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
462-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of plasma glucose rate of decrease on hierarchy of responses to hypoglycemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.