title: Reversible diminished insulin requirement during acute renal failure.
abstract: Very little is known concerning insulin requirements in diabetic patients who develop acute renal failure, although decrease in daily insulin requirement in patients with chronic renal failure is recognized. A 46-year-old diabetic patient is described, whose daily insulin requirement decreased from 56 to 8 units per day during an episode of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis causing acute reversible renal failure. The insulin requirement returned to its previous level after the patient recovered.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin