title: The effect of pre-anaesthetic fasting on blood glucose level in children undergoing surgery.
abstract: Blood glucose concentrations were measured in 104 children aged 6 months- 10 years (mean 3.1 years) undergoing inpatient anaesthesia. The mean fasting period was 10.87 +/- 2.68 hours. Mean preanaesthetic and 1/2 hour post-anaesthetic blood glucose levels were 4.8 +/- 0.8 and 6.1 +/- 1.9 mmoles/L respectively. Pre- anaesthetic low blood glucose level (2.7-3.3 mmoles/L) could only be detected in 3.8% cases. Post-anaesthetic increase in blood glucose level was the same as reported in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.lastname: Zahoorullah
authors.forename: T U
authors.initials: TU
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akhtar
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005215:Fasting / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose