Blood glucose concentrations in children undergoing outpatient dental anaesthesia

Padfield, A.

British Journal of Anaesthesia 56(11): 1225-1228

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0007-0912
PMID: 6487443
Document Number: 229062
Children (56), aged between 2 and 16 yr, undergoing dental extractions under general anesthesia [methohexitone or nitrous oxide and halothane in O2] had their plasma glucose concentrations estimated before surgery. The mean concentration was 3.80 mmol l-1. The lowest value was 2.2 mmol l-1 despite starvation for 16.5 h. It is possible that outpatients are less susceptible to hypoglycemia.

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