Ill or medicated individual |
1. Drugs |
Insulin or insulin secretagogue |
Alcohol |
Others (refer to UpToDate table on drugs that cause hypoglycemia) |
2. Critical illnesses |
Hepatic, renal, or cardiac failure |
Sepsis (including malaria) |
Inanition |
3. Hormone deficiency |
Cortisol |
Glucagon and epinephrine (in insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus) |
4. Nonislet cell tumor |
Seemingly well individual |
5. Endogenous hyperinsulinism |
Insulinoma |
Functional beta cell disorders (nesidioblastosis) |
Noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia |
Post-gastric bypass hypoglycemia |
Insulin autoimmune hypoglycemia |
Antibody to insulin |
Antibody to insulin receptor |
Insulin secretagogue |
Other |
6. Accidental, surreptitious, or malicious hypoglycemia |
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