Impact of dextrose supplementation on intraoperative blood glucose levels in pediatric patients undergoing major surgeries under general anesthesia with caudal analgesia
Dextrose supplementation is not needed for children receiving caudal analgesia for major surgeries of 2-3 h duration and may raise blood sugars at the end of surgery.
Authors
- Suresh Babu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-3066)
- Dimple E. Thomas
- R. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1483-9205)
- Lakshmi Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-7502)
- G. Gómez Sebastián
Institutions
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/joacp.joacp_441_23
- Primary Topic
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00