Hypoglycemia - The Hypoglycemic states
Nighttime & Exercise Induced Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia can occur any time your child has too much insulin or too little glucose in her blood.…
Hypoglycemia Prevention and Treatment
If mild or moderate hypoglycemia isn’t treated promptly, it can turn into severe hypoglycemia. People with severe hypoglycemia…
Hypoglycemic Syndromes
Introduction
Hypoglycemia among infants and children has traditionally been divided into transient neonatal hypoglycemia and…
Hepatic Glycogenolysis and Gluconeogenesis
Regulation of hepatic glucose production is basic to the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. Although the kidney is capable…
Normal Glucose Homeostasis
Concentration of glucose in the plasma is maintained in a relatively narrow range in most persons but requires…
Diagnostic Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
When any child is believed to have hypoglycemia, a low blood glucose value is quickly confirmed with…
Hypoglycemia Treatment
Fasting Hypoglycemia
Management of fasting hypoglycemia requires urgent treatment, diagnosis, and long-term prevention. The short-term treatment…
Hypoglycemia - When to Refer
The diagnosis and treatment of hypoglycemia that is due to drugs, critical organ failure, or endocrine deficiency is…
Hypoglycemia Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis
Confirmation of Hypoglycemia
The presence of hypoglycemia is often suspected on the basis of a history…
Hypoglycemia Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
The symptoms caused by hypoglycemia can be divided into the following categories: (1)…
Hypoglycemia Causes
Hypoglycemia has conventionally been classified into two categories: fasting (or postabsorptive) hypoglycemia and reactive (or postprandial) hypoglycemia. However,…
Persistent Islet Hyperplasia (NonInsulinoma Pancreatogenous Hypoglycemia Syndrome)
In a very small number of patients with organic hyperinsulinism, islet hyperplasia rather than an adenoma is present.…
Postprandial Hypoglycemia (Reactive Hypoglycemia)
Postgastrectomy Alimentary Hypoglycemia
Reactive hypoglycemia following gastrectomy is a consequence of hyperinsulinism resulting from rapid…
Alcohol-Related Hypoglycemia
Fasting Hypoglycemia after Ethanol
During the postabsorptive state, normal plasma glucose is maintained by hepatic…
Factitious Hypoglycemia
Factitious Hypoglycemia
Factitious hypoglycemia may be difficult to document. A suspicion of self-induced hypoglycemia is supported…
Drug-Induced Hypoglycemia
A number of drugs apart from the sulfonylureas can occasionally cause hypoglycemia, especially when ingested in large amounts.…
