[Postoperative profound hypoglycemia after resection of adrenaline-predominant pheochromocytoma].
A 54-year-old woman was scheduled for resection of pheochromocytoma. Anesthesia was maintained with general anesthesia combined with thoracic epidural anesthesia. The blood glucose decreased to 30 mg x dl(-1) about four hours after the tumor resection, despite intravenous administration of glucose at a rate of 15 g x hr(-1) with intermittent boluses of 5 g of glucose. The blood glucose levels increased over 100 mg x dl(-1) with intravenous administration of 15 g x hr(-1) glucose, 6 hours after tumor resection.
Yanaru
Tomoaki
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Department of Anesthesiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180.
Sugi
Yasuyuki
Y
Higa
Kazuo
K
Katori
Kiyoshi
K
Shono
Shinjiro
S
Nitahara
Keiichi
K
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery* / Q000652:urine; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery* / Q000652:urine; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005947:Glucose; D004837:Epinephrine