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 ...

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 ...

GLUCOSE is carried to its metabolic sites directly by plasma water and only indirectly by red blood cells. Accordingly, the intravenous glucose tolerance test would convey greater information if it ...

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 ...

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 ...