THE VITAMIN B1 REQUIREMENT DURING INSULIN SHOCK THERAPY

WALTER GOLDFARB and KARL M. BOWMANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 98, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.98.3.393

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Evidence has been presented that certain EKG changes which occur during the course of insulin shock therapy are not due to the administration of insulin, per se, but are due to the fact that large amounts of glucose, a vitamin free substance, are used to rouse the patients from coma. It seems probable that the large caloric intake free of vitamin B caused a relative insufficiency, and that the EKG changes are due to the vitamin B deficiency.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 98 • Number 3 • November 1941

Pages: 393 - 396

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Published in print: November 1941

Published online: 1 April 2006

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WALTER GOLDFARB

The psychiatric division, Bellevue Hospital and the department of psychiatry, New York University.

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KARL M. BOWMAN

The psychiatric division, Bellevue Hospital and the department of psychiatry, New York University.

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THE VITAMIN B1 REQUIREMENT DURING INSULIN SHOCK THERAPY

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