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 ...

Hyperglycemia has been associated with death in critically ill patients, and controlling blood glucose level during such illness has been shown to reduce mortality and morbidity. In a retrospective ...

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 ...

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 ...

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2012;7(4):433-443. The insulin rate does not typically change during the use of the two-bag system. In unusual circumstances with hypoglycemia and maximized dextrose ...

Imbalances of blood sugar are common among patients of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes indicates persistently high blood sugar that may cause damage to various organs like the kidney, heart, small ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...