August 1, 1999Diabetic Medicine

Is undetected autonomic dysfunction responsible for sudden death in Type 1 diabetes mellitus? The ‘dead in bed’ syndrome revisited

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Population

Young persons with Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Design

Review

Authors

PWPJ WestonWaikato District Health Board GGGeoff GillLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Alerts clinicians to nocturnal hypoglycemia risk in young T1D; leaves open need for prospective trials to confirm mechanism.

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Population

Young persons with Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Outcome

Sudden nocturnal death ('dead in bed' syndrome)hard clinical

This review hypothesizes that sudden nocturnal death in young Type 1 diabetics is arrhythmic, driven by nocturnal hypoglycemia and early autonomic neuropathy.

Cite This Study

Weston et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e4d41bf2fd941fe8f4971 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00121.x

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