The association of hyperglycemia and markers of hepatic dysfunction with dextrose infusion rates in Korean patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was studied. A retrospective study of 122 ...

When a child is born prematurely, providing nutrition intravenously can be lifesaver. Unfortunately it can also cause liver damage down the road. Ajay Jain, M.D., medical director of the pediatric ...

Provision of dextrose at rates of >4 mg/kg/min may be associated with hyperglycemia even in nondiabetic patients because insulin resis-tance is universal in stressed, hospitalized patients in whom ...