Predictors of Postprandial Hypoglycemia After Gastric Bypass Surgery: a Retrospective Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postprandial hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery is an exigent disorder, often impacting the quality of life. Distinguishing clinically relevant hypoglycemic episodes from symptoms of other origin can be challenging. Diagnosis is demanding and often requires an extensive testing such as prolonged glucose tolerance or mixed-meal test. Therefore, we investigated whether baseline parameters of patients after gastric bypass with suspected hypoglycemia can predict the diagnosis.

Methods

We analyzed data from 35 patients after gastric bypass with suspected postprandial hypoglycemia and performed a standardized mixed-meal test. Hypoglycemia was defined by the appearance of typical symptoms, low plasma glucose, and relief of symptoms following glucose administration. Par

SUBMITTER: Zweck E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113281 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature