Somatostatin analogue in short term management of hyperinsulinism.
Five infants with hypoglycaemia due to hyperinsulinism were treated for between three and 11 days with a somatostatin analogue, which raised the mean blood glucose concentration and lowered the glucose requirements in all. Somatostatin analogue appears to be useful in the short term management of these patients.
Kirk
J M
JM
Endocrine Unit, Middlesex Hospital, London.
Di Silvio
L
L
Hindmarsh
P C
PC
Brook
C G
CG
D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
D015282:Octreotide