Open AccessEffect of using ringer's lactate, with and without addition of dextrose, on intra-operative blood sugar levels in infants undergoing facial cleft surgeries
Author(s) -
Kaushik Barua,
Sunil Rajan,
Jerry Paul,
Pulak Tosh,
Anju Padmalayan,
Lakshmi Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_53_18
Subject(s) - medicine , blood sugar , hypoglycemia , anesthesia , prospective cohort study , surgery , insulin , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Addition of glucose in the intraoperative fluid is a routine practice in infants. Under general anesthesia, due to neuroendocrine stress response, this could result in overt hyperglycemia.