Glucose sensor excludes hypoglycaemia as cause of death.
The cause of death can be difficult to verify post-mortem in unexpected deaths in patients with Type 1 diabetes. This report describes an unexpected death in a 44-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes treated with sensor-augmented pump therapy. Continuous glucose monitoring data proved useful in determining the cause of death.
Department of Endocrinology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark. signe.schmidt@hvh.regionh.dk
Signe
S
Schmidt
Kirsten
K
Nørgaard
D000328:Adult; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D002423:Cause of Death; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male