Did Foul Play Lead to the Patients' Comas? Investigating Possible Attempted Murders by Insulin & Related Compounds

Katherine Meidl; Samantha Browning; Margaret Urschler; Basima Khan; Mark Milanick

doi:10.1525/abt.2016.78.5.417

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1 May 2016 Did Foul Play Lead to the Patients' Comas? Investigating Possible Attempted Murders by Insulin & Related Compounds

Katherine Meidl, Samantha Browning, Margaret Urschler, Basima Khan, Mark Milanick

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The American Biology Teacher, 78(5):417-423 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.5.417

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The action of hormones such as insulin in contributing to life-threatening diseases such as diabetes may be difficult for students to understand. To teach students the critical details of the regulation of blood glucose and the different types of diabetes, we created a laboratory exercise using a five-patient hypoglycemic—hyperglycemic coma case.

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Katherine Meidl, Samantha Browning, Margaret Urschler, Basima Khan, and Mark Milanick "Did Foul Play Lead to the Patients' Comas? Investigating Possible Attempted Murders by Insulin & Related Compounds," The American Biology Teacher 78(5), 417-423, (1 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.5.417

Published: 1 May 2016

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