Epinephrine and glucocorticoid glycemic curves in malnourished infants
Zoumboulakis, D.; Kiossoglou, K.; Nicolopoulos, D.
Helvetica Paediatrica Acta 21(1): 39-43
1972
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-022X PMID: 5021693 Document Number: 54679
Glucose tolerance was tested on 32 malnourished infants 2.5 months to 2 years old and on 20 normal infants 4 months to 2 years old after injection of adrenaline and again after prednisolone by mouth followed by injection of adrenaline with hydrocortisone. Average fasting values for blood glucose were similar for the 2 groups. After adrenaline the blood sugar curve was lower in malnourished children than in controls. This was attributed to a reduced liver glycogen content.