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Are Two Insulin Pumps Better Than One? AHRQ WebM&M icon
Cook CB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2009.
Admitted to the hospital for surgery, a man with type 1 diabetes mellitus asked the staff to leave his home insulin pump in place but did not mention that he was adjusting his insulin pump himself based on serial glucose measurements. As the patient was also receiving an intravenous insulin infusion, he developed hypoglycemia.
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