THE liver plays an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Clinical investigators have frequently reported observations of disturbed carbohydrate metabolism in the presence of liver disease ...

Standard intravenous, cortisone-modified intravenous and oral glucose tolerance tests were carried out in 10 Negro men with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency and in 10 normal Negro ...

We investigated the role of insulin and glucose in the pathophysiology of hypertension associated with obesity. The comparative effects of an oral glucose load and of an L-arginine infusion on plasma ...

A new study suggests that dextrose gel should be used to treat low blood sugars in newborn babies (neonatal-hypoglycemia) – a common and preventable cause of brain damage. Dextrose gel is an oral ...

GLUCOSE is carried to its metabolic sites directly by plasma water and only indirectly by red blood cells. Accordingly, the intravenous glucose tolerance test would convey greater information if it ...

Newborns with low blood sugar face the prospect of a trip to the intensive care unit and intravenous infusions of glucose. A new study finds a simpler way: rubbing a sweet gel onto the insides of ...

Dextrose gel is a cheap, easy way to correct neonatal hypoglycemia, according to a report published online September 25 in the Lancet. Neonatal hypoglycemia affects 5% to 15% of otherwise healthy ...

Hyperglycemia as a manifestation of the stress response is most evident after an ICU admission and may resolve as the underlying catabolic illness subsides (McCowen et al. 2001). Multiple factors have ...

Term neonates, children and young people receiving intravenous (IV) fluid therapy have their plasma electrolyte concentrations and blood glucose measured when starting IV fluids and then at least ...

Researchers are proving that a dose of dextrose gel administered into a baby's cheek along with regular feedings can raise hypoglycemic babies' blood sugar, allowing them to stay with their mothers, ...

Intravenous glucose bottles at the district hospital in Sector 30 have been allegedly found to be fungus-infected. A total of 22,000 glucose bottles were procured from the company and over 5,000 have ...