Dextrose dilution for pediatric hypoglycemia

The Pediatric Advanced Life Support program (PALS) recommends that children receive 25% dextrose and that newborns receive 10% dextrose for hypoglycemia [3]. Despite recommendations that emergency departments stock lower concentrations of dextrose for pediatric patients [4,5], we have found D50W to...

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Published inThe American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 37; no. 10; pp. 1971 - 1973
Main Authors Young, Timothy P., Borkowski, Caitlin S., Main, Rhiannon N., Kuntz, Heather M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2019
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Child
Critical Care
Dextrose
Dilution
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Excipients
Glucose - administration & dosage
Glucose - pharmacokinetics
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia - therapy
Infusions, Intravenous
Isotonic Solutions - administration & dosage
Isotonic Solutions - pharmacokinetics
Neonates
Pediatrics
United Kingdom > UK
Australia
United States > US
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Summary:The Pediatric Advanced Life Support program (PALS) recommends that children receive 25% dextrose and that newborns receive 10% dextrose for hypoglycemia [3]. Despite recommendations that emergency departments stock lower concentrations of dextrose for pediatric patients [4,5], we have found D50W to be more readily available in resuscitation situations. [...]the United States adopts this practice, our technique offers a straightforward means to dilute dextrose by hand.
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ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.054