THROMBOPHLEBITIS FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE IN THE COLD
- Authors
- Corporate Authors
- Defence and Civil Inst of Environmental Medicine, Downsview ONT (CAN)
- Abstract
- In an effort to characterize the role of carbohydrate metabolism during the hypermetabolic state associated with whole body cooling, oral (n=6) and intravenous (iv; n=3) glucose tolerance tests (GTT) were performed in nude subjects. Unexpectedly, 1-2 wks after the completion of their iv GTT (50% dextrose) in the cold, superficial thrombophlebitis was diagnosed in all 3 subjects. Since this complication was not observed in further testing with isotonic iv solutions under identical conditions in the cold as above, we conclude that the adverse reaction is the result of an interaction between whole body cooling or vasoconstriction and the hypertonicity of the dextrose solution.
- Report Number
- DCIEM-88-N-57 — Reprint
- Date of publication
- 15 Apr 1989
- Number of Pages
- 3
- Reprinted from
- Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 1989, no 60, p 349-351
- DSTKIM No
- 89-02383
- CANDIS No
- 60289
- Format(s):
- Hardcopy;Originator's fiche received by DSIS
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