Diabetes Emergencies For the Acute Physician

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Extreme levels of glucose in patients with diabetes is common, lack of education, noncompliance and poor monitoring can all lead to serious diabetes emergencies which can unfortunately cause significant morbidity and mortality. Many of these complications can occur while the patient is in hospital, partly because of loss of appetite during illness while on insulin or insulin secreting medications, food served at different times, stress hyperglycemia in patients admitted with acute illness, and poor knowledge of some junior doctors with the basics of in-patient diabetes management. It is briefly explained here the basics of managing diabetes emergencies including new presentation with hyperglycemia.