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 ...

Background: Hyperglycemia occurs frequently in very premature infants receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Commonly, the glucose infusion rates in TPN exceed the patient's glucose needs. In ...

To evaluate the effect of low-dose heparin on duration of peripherally inserted percutaneous central venous catheter (PCVC) patency and catheter occlusion. The main objective of this study was to ...

IV Acetaminophen Eases Post-Spinal Op Pain for Children Non-critically ill hospitalized patients who develop hyperglycemia after total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are more than five times more likely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition awarded Ajay Jain, MD, ...

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 ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutritional effect of perilla oil emulsion (POE) in a rat model with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) induced by 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid.

As recently announced, initial proof-of-concept results from this ongoing investigator-initiated trial (IIT) show crofelemer reduced the required total parenteral nutrition in the first participating ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, announced today it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch ...