Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
• Impaired Glucose Tolerance
• Type I Diabetes
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Gestational Diabetes
Endocrinopathy:
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Acromegaly
Medications:
• Corticosteroids
• Thiazide diuretics
• Beta agonists
• Others
Critical Illness / Physiologic Stress:
• Stress Hyperglycemia (e.g. Trauma, Surgery, Burns, Sepsis)
• Shock
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Post-Stroke
• Post Myocardial Infarction
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