> The internist believes her mental status was secondary to her
> hypoglycemia.=20=
> I have never seen anyone with such prolonged mental depression
> following the=
> correction of hypoglycemia and believe she was in myxedema coma,
> however I'=
> ve never seen this either. Does anyone have any thoughts?<BR>
> <BR>
> Renee</FONT></HTML>
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Unfortunately they can indeed be prolonged to the point of brain death. I saw this is a post op child once who had not
had his glucose checked overnight. Deeply unconscious with a blood sugar of 0.6 (UK values - don't know the
multiplier for the US) and never woke up.
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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