Hyperglycemia in Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Vol. 71, No. 1, 1995

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Original Paper

Hyperglycemia in Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Lane M. Robson^a, Alexander K.C. Leung^b, Rollin Brant^c, Cynthia L. Trevenen^d, David K. Stephure^b

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, S.C., USA; Departments of
^bPediatrics,
^cCommunity Health Sciences, and
^dPathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alta., Canada

Address of Corresponding Author

Nephron 1995;71:54-58 (DOI: 10.1159/000188674)

Key Words

Diabetes mellitus
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hyperglycemia

Abstract

Hyperglycemia is a recognized complication of diarrhea-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D + HUS). Hyperglycemia developed in 8 (6.6%) of 121 patients with D + HUS. A literature review revealed a further 11 patients with D + HUS who developed hyperglycemia. The mortality rate in this group of patients is high. Hyperglycemia is more common in patients with D + HUS uremic syndrome who are female, who have an elevated white blood cell count on admission, and who develop anuria or a central nervous system complication.

Author Contacts

W. Lane M. Robson, MD, Children's Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, 890 W Faris Road Suite 250, Greenville, SC 29605-4253 (USA)

Article Information

Accepted: August 17, 1994
Published online: December 18, 2008
Number of Print Pages : 5

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