ABSTRACT

A 40-year-old man was brought to the emergency department after being found unconscious at home. His girlfriend reported that the patient had been well beforehand with no recent illnesses and no previous episodes of collapse. He was not taking any regular medications. He worked as a barman in a local pub. No further history was available at this time. The ambulance crew reported that he had a capillary glucose level of 1.4 mmol/L on arrival.