6.2.0.0 Trig­ger­ing Events

Ia­tro­genic hy­po­glycemia trig­gers may in­clude sud­den re­duc­tion of cor­ti­cos­teroid dose, re­duced oral in­take, eme­sis, new NPO sta­tus, inap­pro­pri­ate tim­ing of short-‍ or rapid-‍acting in­sulin in re­la­tion to meals, re­duced in­fu­sion rate of in­tra­ve­nous dex­trose, un­ex­pect­ed in­ter­rup­tion of oral, en­ter­al, or paren­ter­al feed­ings, and al­tered abil­i­ty of the pa­tient to re­port symp­toms (3).