“Update on Glucose in Critical Care”

The interest for the metabolic changes associated with critical illness, and in particular the issue of stress hyperglycemia (SH) increased widely over the last 20 years. SH generally refers to transient hyperglycemia during illness and is usually restricted to patients without previous evidence of diabetes [1,2]. According to the American Diabetes Association [3], there are two categories of SH depending on pre-existence of diabetes: 1) fasting glucose> 125mg/dL or a record higher than 200mg/dL at any point in its evolution without evidence of previous diabetes; 2) pre-existing diabetes with deterioration of pre-illness glycemic control.
Source: Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research