A 65y lady is s/p anterior cervical diskectomy & fusion with an AM blood glucose of 230. She has been NPO for more than 12 hours. She has not received dextrose solution.
Her medications include:
hydrochlorthiazide
beclomethasone
cefazolin
Can you make the diagnosis of diabetes in this patient?
- submitted by Michael Bazylewicz
I think we cannot make the diagnosis of diabetes in this patient on the basis of above mentioned situation.
She is s/p anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and her meds include Beclomethasone.
Her elevated blood glucose may be related to the stress or steroid induced.