Specific Considerations With Endocrine Disease - Hypoglycemia
Etiologies
Etiologies include excessive doses of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents, particularly in the setting of decreased nutritional intake. Other causes of hypoglycemia include sepsis, liver failure, a spectrum of pancreatic diseases, some malignancies, hypopituitarism, adrenal insufficiency, and renal failure in patients who receive insulin (reduced insulin clearance).
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Citation
Pino, Richard M., editor. "Specific Considerations With Endocrine Disease - Hypoglycemia." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728163/all/Specific_Considerations_With_Endocrine_Disease___Hypoglycemia.
Specific Considerations With Endocrine Disease - Hypoglycemia. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728163/all/Specific_Considerations_With_Endocrine_Disease___Hypoglycemia. Accessed July 27, 2025.
Specific Considerations With Endocrine Disease - Hypoglycemia. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728163/all/Specific_Considerations_With_Endocrine_Disease___Hypoglycemia
Specific Considerations With Endocrine Disease - Hypoglycemia [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 27]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728163/all/Specific_Considerations_With_Endocrine_Disease___Hypoglycemia.
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