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Table 2 Age at appearance of signs and start of different treatments

From: Meglitinide (repaglinide) therapy in permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus: two case reports

Patients

Age

Age at appearance of signs and start of different treatments

Case # 1 N.NE

47 days

Signs appeared

52 days

Came to hospital with DKA; treatment: low-dose insulin infusion, fluid therapy, then maintenance insulin therapy

58 days

Glibenclamide

2.4 years

Repaglinide

10 years

Repaglinide; no adverse events

Case # 2 I.M.

3 months and 5 days

Signs appeared

3 months and 15 days

Came to hospital with DKA; low-dose insulin infusion, fluid therapy, then maintenance insulin therapy

3 months and 20 days

Glibenclamide

4 months and 20 days

Repaglinide

9 years

Repaglinide; no adverse events

  1. DKA diabetic ketoacidosis