Perioperative use of glucose containing solutions in infants less than 6 months of age : A clinical practice survey among US academic centers

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BACKGROUND: Although there is a wide breadth of literature on glucose homeostasis in infants, standardization of perioperative hypoglycemia diagnosis and management is lacking.

AIMS: Survey of academic pediatric anesthesiology departments across the USA to evaluate institutional policies regarding the perioperative use of glucose containing solutions in infants less than 6 months of age.

METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 20 United States university affiliated academic pediatric anesthesiology departments.

RESULTS: The responses suggest that, in the centers surveyed, glucose administration in infants is largely practitioner dependent. Two respondents (10%) claim to have a departmental policy regarding glucose administration in infants less than 6 months of age. In premature infants, 75% of respondents administer glucose. When administering glucose, 75% of physicians surveyed replete infants at their maintenance intravenous fluid rate. There was discrepancy among practitioners regarding initiation of hypoglycemia treatment, 35% treat infants at a blood glucose level of 70 mg/dl, 30% at BG 60 mg/dl, 25% at 50 mg/dl, and 10% are unsure.

DISCUSSION: This survey highlights the lack of consensus, at least among pediatric anesthesiologists working in US academic centers, regarding blood glucose management in infants less than 6 months of age. There is a need to define the indications for using glucose containing solutions in infants during the perioperative period, their ideal content, the appropriate thresholds for hypo- and hyperglycemia as well as the optimal point-of care glucose monitoring intervals.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Paediatric anaesthesia - 32(2022), 5 vom: 02. Mai, Seite 625-630

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salik, Irim [VerfasserIn]
Doherty, Tara [VerfasserIn]
Kelley, Ashley [VerfasserIn]
Jacoby, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Bhupen [VerfasserIn]
Pryjdun, Olena [VerfasserIn]
Mclean, Maranatha [VerfasserIn]
Barst, Samuel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse events
Age
Blood Glucose
Complications
Fluids
Glucose
IY9XDZ35W2
Infant
Journal Article

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Date Completed 26.04.2022

Date Revised 12.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/pan.14420

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337021422