title: Review of insulin treatment in stress-related hyperglycaemia in children without preexisting diabetes.
abstract: A systematic review was undertaken to assess the effect of using insulin therapy in the treatment for stress hyperglycaemia in children without preexisting diabetes in: achieving normoglycaemia, improving symptoms associated with hyperglycaemia and survival, and to determine if any adverse effects were associated with the use of insulin therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is currently insufficient evidence for the routine use of insulin therapy in stress hyperglycaemia compared with conventional care in children without preexisting diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, Ormskirk, UK.
authors.forename: Sze May
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Sirisha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balmuri
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin
keywords: Children; Insulin; Stress hyperglycmeia