CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, vol.67, pp.33-39, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: Corticosteroids may cause hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus (DM). Development of DM during long-term steroid use has been well studied; however, data regarding the short-term effects of steroid therapy are scarce. In this study, we aimed to detect the actual time of short-term steroid-induced hyperglycemia in patients without previous impaired glucose metabolism, and the ideal time (which day and in relation to meals) of glucose measurement.