TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Danger of hypoglycaemia due to acute tramadol poisoning JO - Endocrine practice A1 - Mugunthan, Nadarajah A1 - Davoren, Peter SP - e151 EP - 2 VL - 18 IS - 6 N2 - Objective: To report the prolong hypoglycaemia following acute Tramadol poisoning.Method: We describe a patient's clinical presentation and outcome with prolong hypoglycaemia following acute Tramadol poisoning and discuss the possible mechanism for the hypoglycaemia.Results: We report a case of 54-year-old woman with partial hepatectomy. Following ingestion of 3000mg Tramadol with suicidal intent, she developed prolong hypoglycaemia that needed to be treated with continuous glucose infusion for 24 hours.Conclusion: This report highlights the danger of hypoglycaemia in Tramadol poisoning.

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LA - en SN - 1530-891X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4158/EP12070.CR ID - ref1 ER -