Infrared thermographic assessment of changes in skin temperature during hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Hypoglycaemia is associated with reduced skin temperature (Ts). We studied whether infrared thermography can detect Ts changes during hypoglycaemia in patients with type 1 diabetes and how the Ts response differs between patients with normal hypoglycaemia awareness and hypoglycaemia unawareness.

METHODS: Twenty-four patients with type 1 diabetes (ten aware, 14 unaware) were studied during normoglycaemia (5.0-6.0 mmol/l), hypoglycaemia (2.0-2.5 mmol/l) and during recovery from hypoglycaemia (5.0-6.0 mmol/l) using hyperinsulinaemic glucose clamping. During each 1 h phase, Ts was measured twice by infrared thermography imaging in pre-defined areas (nose, glabella and the five left fingertips), symptoms of hypoglycaemia were scored and blood was sampled.

RESULTS: Ts decreased during hypoglycaemia on the nose and glabella. The highest decrements were recorded on the nose (aware: -2.6 °C, unaware: -1.1 °C). In aware patients, the differences in temperature were statistically significant on both nose and glabella, whereas there was only a trend in the unaware group. There was a significant difference in hypoglycaemia-induced temperature changes between the groups. Patients in the aware group had higher hypoglycaemia symptom scores and higher adrenaline (epinephrine) levels during hypoglycaemia.

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: The hypoglycaemia-associated decrement in Ts can be assessed by infrared thermography and is larger in patients with normal hypoglycaemia awareness compared with unaware patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Diabetologia - 58(2015), 8 vom: 14. Aug., Seite 1898-906

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sejling, Anne-Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Lange, Kai H W [VerfasserIn]
Frandsen, Christian S [VerfasserIn]
Diemar, Sarah S [VerfasserIn]
Tarnow, Lise [VerfasserIn]
Faber, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Holst, Jens J [VerfasserIn]
Hartmann, Bolette [VerfasserIn]
Hilsted, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Kjaer, Troels W [VerfasserIn]
Juhl, Claus B [VerfasserIn]
Thorsteinsson, Birger [VerfasserIn]
Pedersen-Bjergaard, Ulrik [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Insulin
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.04.2016

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00125-015-3616-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM249126257