[Stress hyperglycemia in a child with severe acute gastroenteritis].
A case of a two years and ten months old girl with severe acute gastroenteritis, dehydration, and hyperglycaemia is described. Transient hyperglycaemia is a common clinical finding in children under stress. We discuss the distinction between hyperglycaemia as a prediabetic state and that as a physiological response to stress during acute illness.
Bjerre
Jesper Vandborg
JV
Randers Centralsygehus, paediatrisk afdeling B.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications*
D001786:Blood Glucose