Results for “glucagon”

A girl born at 36 weeks weighing 2050 g is three hours old and has fed twice at the breast. She becomes jittery with a weak high-pitched cry, and then has an ep…

Paediatrics · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old woman having a computed tomography scan develops flushing, wheeze and hypotension eight minutes after the intravenous contrast injection. She take…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche

A 79-year-old woman is brought in drowsy and clammy after two episodes of collapse at home. The monitor shows complete heart block with a ventricular rate of 34…

Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist

A 68-year-old man taking gliclazide modified release for type 2 diabetes is found drowsy with a blood glucose concentration of 2.1 mmol/L. He improves after int…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 63-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes accidentally injects 60 units of insulin glargine instead of her usual 20 units. She becomes confused with a capillary…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 24-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes on a basal-bolus insulin regimen is an inpatient awaiting elective surgery scheduled for the afternoon. Mid-morning she…

Nursing · Clinical rotations · common