Abstract: The objective was to analyze the effect of hormone utilization on glucose metabolism in the patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS).Among all 220 patients,51patients with hyperglycemia was retrospectively analyzed.10(19.6%)of them with diabetes mellitus(DM),41(80.4%)without DM.The age of patients with hyperglycemia was 18～86 years old(52.35±16.64).There were male 24(47.1%),and female27(52.9%).All the patients were treated with insulin,and the glucose levels was compared before and after utilization of hormones.The number of patients complicated with hyperglycemia increased with the increase of hormone dosage(χ² =20.95,P<0.01).Conclusion:Hyperglycemia should be treated with hormone in the treatment on SARSpatients.

Key words: severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), hormone, hyperglycemia