Is intraoperative supplementation of dextrose essential for infants undergoing facial cleft surgeries ?

Conclusion: Use of Ringer lactate alone or with addition of 1% dextrose resulted in comparable intraoperative blood sugar levels when used as maintenance fluid in infants undergoing facial cleft surgeries.

http://www.joacp.org/text.asp?2020/36/2/162/286780

Source: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology - June 14, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Sunil Rajan Kaushik Barua Pulak Tosh Lakshmi Kumar Source Type: research