Why the study?
Hypoglycemia is rarely included in textbooks as a cause of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and few case reports exist, leaving this association often forgotten.
Population
One 55-year-old Eritrean male patient with diabetes presenting unconscious with hypoglycemia
Design
Case report
Key result
Severe hypoglycemia in a 55-year-old diabetic patient resulted in noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that fully resolved following dextrose administration and supportive oxygen therapy.
Authors
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Clinicians should consider hypoglycemia in unexplained noncardiogenic pulmonary edema; this case extends sparse reports but remains hypothesis-generating.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case highlights that severe hypoglycemia can cause noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, a rare but important complication to recognize.
Hagos et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Hypoglycemic noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (n=1). Hypoglycemia was evaluated on Clinical recovery from pulmonary edema. Severe hypoglycemia in a 55-year-old diabetic patient resulted in noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that fully resolved following dextrose administration and supportive oxygen therapy.
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