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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hypoglycemia is the term for low levels of sugar in the blood. Refractory hypoglycemia occurs when hypoglycemia lasts for a prolonged period of time, such as a few hours to a few days. Refractory ...

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, ...

"Our study is the first report in babies showing that dextrose gel massaged into the inside of the cheek is more effective than feeding alone for treating hypoglycaemia, and is safe and simple to use" ...