2001
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.10.1745
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Acute Hypoglycemia in Humans Causes Attentional Dysfunction While Nonverbal Intelligence Is Preserved

Abstract: OBJECTIVE -Experimentally induced hypoglycemia in humans causes progressive but reversible cognitive dysfunction, but it is not known to what extent neuropsychological tests index abilities of cognitive functioning that are important in everyday life. This study examines the effects of acute insulin-induced hypoglycemia on attention and intelligence in nondiabetic humans. RESULTS -Hypoglycemia induced a significant deterioration in tests sensitive to both visual and auditory selective attention. During hypogly… Show more

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“…Specifically, elderly patients present with subtle symptoms that may be difficult to detect clinically: minimal sweating, slight pallor, and confusion [9]. Due to an adaptive process of the central nervous system, repeated hypoglycemic episodes progressively worsen the patient's ability to recognize hypoglycemic symptoms.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Specifically, elderly patients present with subtle symptoms that may be difficult to detect clinically: minimal sweating, slight pallor, and confusion [9]. Due to an adaptive process of the central nervous system, repeated hypoglycemic episodes progressively worsen the patient's ability to recognize hypoglycemic symptoms.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The video required sustained attention for around 10 min, and attention has been shown to be impaired during hypoglycaemia [33,34]. Deterioration of visual information processing may have reduced the subjects' ability to glean information from the video [11,12].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…36 Por otra parte, en cuanto a los estados de hipoglucemia, se ha referido que la presencia crónica de dicho estado, además de intensificar la aparición de complicaciones microvasculares a largo plazo, también afecta la precisión en tareas de atención. 37 En cuanto a las fluctuaciones que se producen en los niveles glicémicos durante el proceso de evaluación neuropsicológica, se ha señalado que, cuando dichos niveles se elevan a lo largo de la evaluación (mayores a 121 mg/dL), se producen déficits en velocidad psicomotora y fluencia verbal. …”
Section: Fluctuaciones De Los Niveles Glicémicosunclassified