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Whipple's triad (Whipple's criteria)
Etiology:
- hypoglycemia (insulinoma)
Clinical manifestations:
- symptoms are known or likely to be caused by hypoglycemia
- cholinergic symptoms
- sweating
- adrenergic symptoms
- anxiety
- tachycardia
- tremulousness
- neurologic symptoms
- headache
- behavioral changes (combativeness, agitation)
- a low serum glucose measured at the time of symptoms
- relief of symptoms when the glucose is raised to normal
Related
intestinal lipodystrophy (Whipple's disease)
pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
General
triad
criteria
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006
- Wikipedia: Whipple's triad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple's_triad