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insulin shock treatment

/ˈɪnsjʊlɪn ʃɒk ˈtriːtmənt/

Traducción: Procedimiento médico obsoleto, utilizado principalmente a mediados del siglo XX para tratar la esquizofrenia y otros trastornos psiquiátricos, induciendo un coma mediante grandes dosis de insulina que provocaban un shock hipoglucémico grave.

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/ˈɪnsjʊlɪn ʃɒk ˈtriːtmənt/C1formalmedicalobsoleto
  • esProcedimiento médico obsoleto, utilizado principalmente a mediados del siglo XX para tratar la esquizofrenia y otros trastornos psiquiátricos, induciendo un coma mediante grandes dosis de insulina que provocaban un shock hipoglucémico grave.

A now-obsolete medical procedure used primarily in the mid-20th century to treat schizophrenia and other mental disorders by inducing comas through large doses of insulin, causing severe hypoglycemic shock.

  1. Medical procedureC2formal

    A historical psychiatric treatment involving the injection of large doses of insulin to induce a coma or seizure, used primarily for schizophrenia in the mid-20th century.

    estratamiento de choque insulínico

    • Insulin shock treatment was widely used in the 1940s and 1950s.
    • The patient underwent insulin shock therapy for severe schizophrenia.
    • Modern psychiatry has largely abandoned insulin shock treatment due to its risks.