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and metabolic disorders internal medicine endocrine
and metabolic disorders
| Hypoglycaemia |
| Prevalence Causes Clinical features Investigations Therapy Prevention Prognosis |  |
Measure glucose rapidly using a blood glucose meter a b taking a sample from the earlobe. 
a
Send a specimen for formal laboratory blood glucose.
If you believe
hypoglycaemia
is present, try a test dose of 50% glucose intravenously |
Expiry date:
April 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides
| Author | CM Ball |
| Reviewer | D Matthews |
| CAT Writers | M Taylor , RS Phillips , CM Ball , R Harden |