DEATH DUE TO INJECTION OF PYROGEN-CONTAINING FLUIDS DURING INSULIN SHOCK THERAPY
Abstract
A hitherto unmentioned complication of insulin shock therapy is febrile reaction from injection of pyrogen-containing glucose solutions to terminate the coma. A fatal case, with some nonfatal ones resulting from injection with the same solution, is described to call attention to the danger of such pyrogenic reactions.
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