Dead-in-bed syndrome

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Robert G. Badgett, M.D.[2]

Dead-in-bed syndrome unexpected death in young type 1 diabetic patients "with no history of diabetic complications, and in particular no autonomic dysfunction. They are found in an undisturbed bed, which seems to exclude death during a convulsive attack"[1].

This was first described in a series of 20 patients in 1991[2].

Diagnosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis may be sought during autopsy by vitreous fluid biochemical analyses [3].

References

  1. Sovik O, Thordarson H (1999). "Dead-in-bed syndrome in young diabetic patients". Diabetes Care. 22 Suppl 2: B40–2. PMID 10097898.
  2. Tattersall RB, Gill GV (1991). "Unexplained deaths of type 1 diabetic patients". Diabet Med. 8 (1): 49–58. PMID 1826245.
  3. Luna J, Gilliland MG, Hewan-Lowe KO, Tanenberg RJ (2014). "Postmortem Diagnosis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis Presenting as the "Dead-in-Bed Syndrome"". Endocr Pract. 20 (7): e123–5. doi:10.4158/EP13473.CR. PMID 24641923.

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