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Help docs, is hyperglycaemia an indication for septic shock and why?
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No : Hi. No, hyperglycemia is a sign of DIABETES! A severe illness like septic shock can bring out diabetes in a previously undiagnosed person, but NO ONE would ever say hyperglycemia is a sign of septic shock. WHY septic shock can cause the expression of hyperglycemia is because septic shock greatly ramps up stress hormones (cortisol & epinephrine) that antagonize insulin...ergo, diabetes.
Answered 9/28/2016
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