A diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of hyperglycemia addiction.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_7253273ED282
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
A diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of hyperglycemia addiction.
Périodique
International journal of legal medicine
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Rousseau G., Palmiere C., Dupont V., Verschoore M., Savary C., Jousset N., Rougé-Maillart C.
ISSN
1437-1596 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0937-9827
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
05/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
132
Numéro
3
Pages
787-790
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
We herein present a case of a 20-year-old woman who suffered from type I diabetes mellitus and died from a diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of addiction to hyperglycemia. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a lethal complication of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, which can result from insulin therapy stoppage. This can occur voluntarily with suicidal intent or involuntarily due to treatment inaccessibility, forgotten injections, or material deficiency. A new possibility is investigated in our case study: hyperglycemia addiction. The patient was treated by insulin glargine and insulin aspartate. She regularly stopped insulin glargine injections seeking the asthenia sensation produced by hyperglycemia, keeping the insulin aspartate injections to treat the disabling symptom related to hyperketonemia.
Mots-clé
Asthenia/etiology, Asthenia/psychology, Behavior, Addictive, Depression/psychology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy, Diabetic Ketoacidosis/etiology, Female, Humans, Hyperglycemia/etiology, Hyperglycemia/psychology, Hypoglycemic Agents/administration & dosage, Insulin Aspart/administration & dosage, Insulin Glargine/administration & dosage, Medication Adherence, Young Adult, Addiction, Biochemistry, Diabetic ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemia
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
19/10/2017 17:18
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 15:30
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