Articles: glucose-therapeutic-use.
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The Veterinary record · Jul 1999
Effects of glucose infusion on the endocrine, metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses to halothane anaesthesia of ponies.
Glucose was infused intravenously into six ponies during halothane anaesthesia, to evaluate its effect on their endocrine response to anaesthesia. The ponies were premedicated with acepromazine, and anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone and maintained with halothane in oxygen for two hours. ⋯ The concentration of beta-endorphin in plasma increased transiently after 20 minutes but there were no changes in concentrations of adrenocorticotrophic hormone, dynorphin, cortisol or catecholamines. These data suggest that the glucose infusion attenuated the normal adrenal response of ponies to halothane anaesthesia.
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Early human development · Jul 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialOral glucose and venepuncture reduce blood sampling pain in newborns.
The objectives of this study were to measure pain symptoms in healthy fullterm newborns undergoing routine blood sampling with different methods. The 120 study subjects were randomly allocated to one of four groups with 30 babies in each, namely venepuncture or heel stick, with or without oral glucose administration. ⋯ When no glucose was given crying time was 57.3 s in the heel stick group and 26.8 s in the venepuncture group (P = 0.0041) and the mean PIPP scores were 8.4 and 6.0, respectively (P = 0.0458). This study suggests that if oral glucose is given prior to skin puncture the choice of blood sampling method has no impact on the pain symptoms.
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We report the case of a 83-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with hypoglycaemia resembling a cerebrovascular accident. Hypoglycaemic hemiparesis is an under-recognized manifestation of hypoglycaemia. If not recognized and treated promptly, hypoglycaemia may cause irreversible central nervous system injury; it rarely results in death. It is imperative that emergency physicians consider hypoglycaemia in all patients with coma in spite of focal neurological deficit even when the findings seem to be explained initially by other aetiologies.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Jun 1997
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialGlucose versus lactated Ringer's solution during pediatric cardiac surgery.
Whether intraoperative fluid infusion should contain glucose during pediatric cardiac surgery remains controversial. This study was performed to compare the effects of glucose and glucose-free solutions on blood glucose and blood insulin levels during total repair of congenital heart diseases. ⋯ Glucose withdrawal during pediatric cardiac surgery induces threatening hypoglycemia during the prabypass period, and moderate intraoperative glucose administration (2.5 mg/kg/min) is not responsible for major hyperglycemia.