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Anaesthetic management of an insulin‐dependent diabetic child during cardiopulmonary bypass
Author(s) -
STEVENSON G.W.,
MODLINSKI M.,
SILVERMAN B.L.,
HALL S.C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1993.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , insulin , heart disease , diabetes mellitus , anesthesia , cardiology , endocrinology
Summary The management of an insulin‐dependent diabetic child presenting for correction of complex congenital heart disease requiring cardiopulmonary bypass is described. A constant rate glucose infusion and variable rate insulin infusion, combined with frequent serum glucose measurements, allowed prompt response to the glucose alterations associated with surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass.