Korean J Anesthesiol.  2009 Feb;56(2):221-224. 10.4097/kjae.2009.56.2.221.

Severe hypoglycemia due to falsely elevated capillary blood glucose levels in a peritoneal dialysis patient using icodextrin: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea. gkjw2000@yahoo.co.kr

Abstract

In a patient with diabetes mellitus undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with icodextrin, icodextrin is partially absorbed via lymphatics into the systemic circulation and its metabolites may affect the enzymatic glucose determinations used in many bedside glucometers (using glucose dehydrogenase-based method). This leads to erroneously elevated glucose levels. We report a severe hypoglycemia due to falsely elevated capillary blood glucose levels in a patient with diabetes mellitus undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with icodextrin during general anesthesia.

Keyword

Hypoglycemia; Icodextrin; Peritoneal dialysis

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, General
Blood Glucose
Capillaries
Diabetes Mellitus
Glucans
Glucose
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
Blood Glucose
Glucans
Glucose
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