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].
Etiology
Proposed causes include:
- Hypoglycemic unawareness[3]
- Hypoglycemia-induced ventricular dysrhythmia due to QT prolongation during hypoglycemia[4]
- Hypoglycemia-induced autonomic dysfunction which may lead to ventricular dysrhythmia due to QT prolongation[5]
Diagnosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis may be sought during autopsy by vitreous fluid biochemical analyses [6].
References
- ↑ Sovik O, Thordarson H (1999). "Dead-in-bed syndrome in young diabetic patients". Diabetes Care. 22 Suppl 2: B40–2. PMID 10097898.
- ↑ Tattersall RB, Gill GV (1991). "Unexplained deaths of type 1 diabetic patients". Diabet Med. 8 (1): 49–58. PMID 1826245.
- ↑ Hanas R (1997). "Dead-in-bed syndrome in diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemic unawareness". Lancet. 350 (9076): 492–3. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63081-4. PMID 9274591.
- ↑ Marques JL, George E, Peacey SR, Harris ND, Macdonald IA, Cochrane T; et al. (1997). "Altered ventricular repolarization during hypoglycaemia in patients with diabetes". Diabet Med. 14 (8): 648–54. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199708)14:8<648::AID-DIA418>3.0.CO;2-1. PMID 9272590.
- ↑ Weston PJ, Gill GV (1999). "Is undetected autonomic dysfunction responsible for sudden death in Type 1 diabetes mellitus? The 'dead in bed' syndrome revisited". Diabet Med. 16 (8): 626–31. PMID 10477206.
- ↑ 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.