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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