Table 1.
Patient's medication list at time of hypoglycaemia onset.
Anti-epileptic: |
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• Midazolam infusion |
• Thiopental infusion |
• Lacosamide 200 mg BD |
• Levetiracetam 1.5 g BD |
• Phenytoin 300 mg OD |
Analgesia: |
• Fentanyl infusion |
Metabolic: |
• Methylprednisolone 500 mg OD 5 days (subsequently switched to 60mg prednisolone) |
Anti-infective: |
• Acyclovir 700 mg TDS (7 day course) |
• Ceftriaxone 2 g BD (5 day course) |
• Co-trimoxazole (stat dose of 960 mg, followed by 480 mg OD for three days then 480 mg three times weekly for five weeks.) |
Haematological: |
• Dalteparin 5000 units OD |
Gastro-intestinal: |
• Lactulose 15 ml BD |
• Senna 7.5 mg OD |
• Metoclopramide 10 mg TDS |
• Ranitidine 50 mg TDS |