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Monitoring Parenteral Nutrition Intraoperatively with the Dextrometer
Author(s) -
Thompson Jon S.,
Chapin James W.,
Brown Gregory L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607183007005492
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine
Patients receiving parenteral nutrition support frequently undergo operative procedures. Proper selection of patients and close monitoring of glucose levels are crucial if parenteral nutrition is to be maintained intraoperatively. The Dextrometer was used in 10 patients receiving parenteral nutrition intraoperatively. The difference between the Dextrometer readings and the serum glucose level obtained by laboratory analysis was less than 10% in 83% of cases and readings were most accurate in the 200 to 400 mg/dl range. The Dextrometer provides a simple, inexpensive, and reasonably accurate method of monitoring glucose intraoperatively as part of the optimal management of these patients. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 7 :492–494, 1983)