Confirmation of hypoglycemia in the “dead-in-bed” syndrome, as captured by a retrospective continuous glucose monitoring system
RJ Tanenberg, CA Newton, AJ Drake III - Endocrine practice, 2010 - Elsevier
Objective To report a case that substantiates the presence of hypoglycemia at the time of
death of a young man with type 1 diabetes, who was found unresponsive in his undisturbed
bed in the morning. Methods We describe a 23-year-old man with a history of type 1
diabetes treated with an insulin pump, who had recurrent severe hypoglycemia. In an effort
to understand these episodes better and attempt to eliminate them, a retrospective (non-real-
time) continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) was attached to the …
death of a young man with type 1 diabetes, who was found unresponsive in his undisturbed
bed in the morning. Methods We describe a 23-year-old man with a history of type 1
diabetes treated with an insulin pump, who had recurrent severe hypoglycemia. In an effort
to understand these episodes better and attempt to eliminate them, a retrospective (non-real-
time) continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) was attached to the …
