Hypoglycaemia remains a serious and much feared complication of insulin therapy. In this study, patients attending an accident and emergency department in hypoglycaemic coma were randomized to treatment with either intravenous dextrose (25g) or intramuscular glucagon (1mg), administered into the right thigh. Restoration of normal conscious level was slower after glucagon than dextrose (9.0 vs 3...

————————————— DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION ————————————— • Administer oxaliplatin in combination with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin every 2 weeks. (2.1): – Day 1: Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m intravenous infusion in 250–500 mL 5% Dextrose Injection, USP and leucovorin 200 mg/m intravenous infusion in 5% Dextrose Injection, USP both given over 120 minutes at the same time in separate bags using a Y-line, follow...

Studies have shown that when compressing drugs with low aqueous solubility, the solubility of diluents selected is very crucial as it influences the disintegration, dissolution and bioavailability of such drugs. Based on these reports, the present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of some commonly used hydrophilic tablet diluents (lactose, sucrose, mannitol and dextrose) on the in ...

It has been possible to study the cultural characters and certain of the immunological relationships of sixteen strains of Bacillus bovisepticus. The organisms have fallen into three distinct cultural groups. The largest group comprises eight strains, four of them obtained in pure cultures from cases of pneumonia in cows, two others were pure infections in calves, the others were associated wit...

A FEBRILE response to intravenous fat emulsion is the most frequent untoward side effect following short-term infusions. Though this side effect is probably not now common or severe enough to limit the clinical usefulness of intravenous fat emulsion, an understanding of its mechanism is important. One hypothesis offered is that the fever is a result of rapid metabolism of the infused fat with t...

Background and Aims Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common and distressing complication after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous (IV) dextrose administration for the prophylaxis of PONV after LC. Methods In a double-blind, randomised controlled trial, a total of 150 female patients who were scheduled for elective L...

Although numerous reports have shown that the use of icodextrin solution, as compared with conventional dextrose solutions, provides various clinical benefits, data on the impact of icodextrin solution on mortality and drop-out are sparse. In the present retrospective study, we compared clinical outcomes in a large cohort of patients prescribed either icodextrin or dextrose solution for the lon...

BACKGROUND The use of a length/weight-based tape (LBT) for equipment size and drug dosing for pediatric patients is recommended in a joint statement by multiple national organizations. A new system, known as Handtevy™, allows for rapid determination of critical drug doses without performing calculations. OBJECTIVE To compare two LBT systems for dosing errors and time to medication administrat...

The present study was conducted to determine the chemotactic effects of different leukocyte diluents, dextrose concentrations associated with or without recombinant human interleukin-8 (rhIL-8), lysed leukocyte concentration, and blood plasma source and concentration (homologous vs. heterologous) on fresh equine leukocyte vitality in vitro in addition to testing the effects of two post-thaw ext...