Omar Farooq, Fahad Rafiq Butt, Romana Shaida Durrani.
Anesthetic management of insulinoma; case report and review of literature.
Anesth Pain Intens Care Jan ;26(4):563-8.

Insulinoma is an insulin-producing tumor arising from the pancreas and secreting insulin in large quantities, which manifests itself as low blood sugar. It is a rare tumor with and incidence of only 4 cases per million developing every year. Other signs and symptoms include shakes, nervousness, vomiting, pulses, perspiration, and neuroglycopenic signs like migraine, vertigo, loss of vision, tiredness, loss of vision, amnesia, uncertainty, or convulsions. Anesthetic management aims to regulate irregular blood glucose levels as well as blood pressure. The authors present anesthetic management of two cases in this case report and discuss the consequences of insulinoma and the risks and their management during anesthesia.

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