Chronic vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy may influence fasting blood glucose concentration
Liu H, Zhan P, Meng F, Wang W
BioMedical Engineering OnLine · 2020
Key finding
Chronic cervical VNS elevated fasting blood glucose after 8 and 12 months in drug-resistant epilepsy patients, though values remained within normal ranges and changes correlated negatively with baseline glucose.
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- Condition
- Metabolic
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 32
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Liu, H., Zhan, P., Meng, F., & Wang, W. (2020). Chronic vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy may influence fasting blood glucose concentration. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-020-00784-1
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