an abnormally high concentration of sugar in the blood
elevation of blood glucose concentrations above the normal range
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it is the laboratory finding that establishes a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia results from a decrease in the body’s ability to utilize or store glucose after carbohydrates are ingested and from an increase in the production of glucose by the liver during the intervals between meals. It is caused by a decrease in the production of insulin, a decrease in the action of insulin, or a combination of the two abnormalities.
Three key features of diabetic acidosis are hyperglycemia, ketosis, and acidosis.
Patient with a burn has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: fever (> 38 °C) or hypothermia (< 36 °C), hypotension, oliguria (< 20 cc/hr), hyperglycemia at previously tolerated level of dietary carbohydrate, or mental confusion ...
