In patients receiving glucagon, serum glucose increased linearly with intravenous or intramuscular doses up to 1 mg, then decreased slightly at 2 mg.
In plain wordsIn patients, blood glucose rose with increasing glucagon doses through 1 mg and fell slightly at 2 mg.
- Peptide
- Glucagon
- Outcome
- MixedSerum glucose dose response
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Other tested glucagon doses
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 0.25-2 mg · intravenous or intramuscularAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
When glucagon was given intravenously or intramuscularly in increasing doses, serum values for glucose and insulin increased linearly up to 1 mg with a slight decrease at 2 mg.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
To ascertain the effects of glucagon on these patients, we determined the biochemical and hematologic responses to doses of 0.25-2 mg of glucagon in a double-blind crossover study.