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Hyperglycemia: Diff dx


- See Treatment of - Diff Dx: 
- Diabetes Mellitus / Inadequate Insulin dosing 
- Infection 
- GI upset 
- TPN administration -
 MI / Stroke 
- Cushing's, Acromegaly 
- Increased Epinephrine (Injection, Pheochromocytoma), Stress, Burns, Surgery) 
- Acute Pancreatitis; 
- Meds: Corticosteroids Thiazides 
- Spurious result caused by drawing blood from a site above an IV line containing Dextrose, Elderly patients