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mianderson wrote:
For an infant whose blood glucose levels are really low, why give IV
dextrose as opposed to another sugar?
I suspect the answer to your question is that "dextrose" is just another
term for "glucose".
If your question is really "how do we know that IV glucose is better for
a low glucose level in neonates than some other sugar?", I don't know
the answer or that it has ever been studied. It may just be that it
seems to work and people figured it was obvious. (That doesn't mean
they're right.)
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David Rind
drind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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