Why the study?
Does continuous glucagon infusion improve clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac failure?
Population
10 patients with cardiac failure
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support glucagon use in select chronic HF cases; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice without RCTs.
Does continuous glucagon infusion improve clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac failure?
Continuous glucagon infusion may provide clinical improvement in chronic refractory congestive failure, but is associated with side effects including hypokalemia-induced ventricular fibrillation and elevated blood urea nitrogen.
GERALD C. TIMMIS (1973) studied this question.