Hospital hyperglycemia may predict future diabetes

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

Hyperglycemia during critical illness may be used as a warning of future diabetes. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have found a significant association between acute illness complicated with hyperglycaemia and the future development of type II diabetes or glucose intolerance.

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