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Hypoglycemia

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

HypoglycemiaDysglycemiaAvoid HypoglycemiaAvoid Prolonged FastingDelayed EmergenceSeizuresArrhythmiasTachycardia

Pathophysiology

Hypoglycemia is a plasma glucose below 70 mg/dL, though symptoms often do not appear until 55 mg/dL or lower. The brain makes almost no glucose of its own and depends on a continuous arterial supply,...

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