Prevalence and characteristics of factitious hypoglycaemia in non‐diabetic patients in a department of endocrinology

• Published in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism Vol. 5; no. 6; pp. e375 - n/a
• Main Authors: Oueslati, Ibtissem, Terzi, Amani, Yazidi, Meriem, Kamoun, Elyes, Chihaoui, Melika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Body mass index; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Endocrinology; Etiology; factitious hypoglycaemia; Family medical history; Fasting; Female; Glucose; Humans; hypoglycaemia in non‐diabetic patients; Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia - diagnosis; Hypoglycemia - epidemiology; Hypoglycemia - etiology; Insulin; Insulin - adverse effects; insulin secretagogues medications; Male; Medical profession; Mental disorders; Mortality; Pancreatic Neoplasms - chemically induced; Pancreatic Neoplasms - complications; Peptides; Prevalence; psychiatric care; Retrospective Studies; Self destructive behavior; Statistical analysis; Suicides & suicide attempts; Variables; insulin secretagogues medications; factitious hypoglycaemia; psychiatric care; hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic patients; insulin

Introduction Factitious hypoglycaemia is defined as the surreptitious use of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents to deliberately induce self‐harm. It represents a challenging diagnosis and misdiagnosis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the p...