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“… salbutamol resulted in a significant … the rate of glucose production from 31.3 +/- 4.2 mumol/kg/min to 38.0 +/- 6.5 mumol/kg/min, and as a result … from 6.7 +/- 0.6 mumol/ml to 7.4 +/- 0.6 mumol/ml (p less than 0.04).”
“A … salbutamol … hepatic glucose production to a greater extent in diabetic patients than in normal subjects despite prior restoration of the diabetic patients' fasting blood glucose to …, free fatty acids, glycerol, and ketone-body concentrations in the diabetic patients; and (c) produced a marked fall in plasma-potassium concentrations.”