Endocrine Conditions in Pediatrics

Abstract

History should focus on other symptoms related to diabetes mellitus, excluding other possible causes such as acute illness causing secondary hyperglycemia, or medications causing hyperglycemia. Although hyperglycemia from the stress of severe illness exceeds 200 mg/dL in a minority of children in an ICU setting [2], children with glucose >200 mg/dL not receiving high-dose glucocorticoids generally should be suspected of having diabetes mellitus until proven otherwise