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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2014; 06(03): 152-154
DOI: 10.4103/1947-489X.210376
Case Report

Unexplained hyperglycemia in a patient on insulin pump therapy; transient insulin failure?

Irina Kolesnikova
Endocrinology Division, Tawam Hospital - Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Bachar Afandi
Endocrinology Division, Tawam Hospital - Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Hyperglycemia may occur with no apparent medical, dietary, insulin delivery or pump failure reasons. We herein present a case of persistent hyperglycemia secondary to transient insulin failure in a 24 year old lady with type 1 diabetes mellitus who is being treated with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion.

Key-words:

CSII - Insulin pump - Hyperglycemia - Diabetes


Publication History

Received: 04 November 2013

Accepted: 13 December 2013

Article published online:
07 July 2022

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