Hypoglycemia in bacterial septicemia Journal Articles

abstract

• ABSTRACT In the emergency department (ED), the typical manifestation of impaired glucose homeostasis seen in patients with severe bacterial infections is hyperglycemia. Severe hypoglycemia is generally not a presenting feature of sepsis in children in the emergency setting, and thus may lead to delayed diagnosis and management. We present a case of a 14-year-old boy who attended the ED with constitutional symptoms and severe hypoglycemia as the initial presentation of overwhelming meningococcal sepsis and discuss the impairment of glucose homeostasis in patients with sepsis.

authors

• Preyra, Ian
• Worster, Andrew

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2003

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• Emergency & Critical Care Medicine (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine  Journal

keywords

• 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• 3202 Clinical Sciences
• Diabetes
• Emergency Care
• Hematology
• Infection
• Infectious Diseases
• Inflammatory and immune system
• Sepsis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s1481803500008484

PubMed ID

• 17472771

start page

• 268

end page

• 270

volume

• 5

issue

• 04