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Moonlighting in Lancaster, Texas. Woman comes in with GCS 4-5. Glucose undetectable by FS Glucometer. Formal lab says < 10.
Lady was comatose, then laughing hysterically, then screaming for 5 minutes, then comatose again. Took 5 amps of D50 and sugar reached 60 then fell again to teens. Put on a D50 drip at high rate and takes 20 minutes to keep it at 60+.
Story: Young lady "fell off bed with boyfriend" and landed on top of insulin pump which malfunctioned and kept pumping out insulin. Pump had to be removed emergently that night.
She lived but with focal neuro deficits.
Lady was comatose, then laughing hysterically, then screaming for 5 minutes, then comatose again. Took 5 amps of D50 and sugar reached 60 then fell again to teens. Put on a D50 drip at high rate and takes 20 minutes to keep it at 60+.
Story: Young lady "fell off bed with boyfriend" and landed on top of insulin pump which malfunctioned and kept pumping out insulin. Pump had to be removed emergently that night.
She lived but with focal neuro deficits.