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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2011 May;124(5):395–401. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.11.025

TABLE 3.

FACTORS THAT AFFECT GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS

  • Acute increase in plasma glucose concentration

    • Physiological stress

      • Acute illness

      • Major surgery

    • Drugs

      • Corticosteroids

      • Sympathomimetics

      • Isoniazid

      • Olanzapine

      • Diazoxide

      • Niacin

  • Acute decrease in plasma glucose concentration

    • Physiologic Factors

      • Intense exercise

      • Prolonged fasting or starvation

      • Pregnancy

    • Acute illness

      • Sepsis

      • Acute Renal Insufficiency

      • Adrenal insufficiency

      • Hypopituitarism

    • Drugs

      • Oral hypoglycemic agents (sulfonylureas)

      • Antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, gatifloxacin)

      • Chloroquine, Quinine

      • Acetaminophen overdose

      • Salicylates

      • Alcohol

    • Spurious Hypoglycemia (Low laboratory measurement in a normoglycemic patient)

      • Prolonged storage of blood sample

      • Leukocytosis and Leukemias