Endocrine Abstracts

Hypoglycaemia continues to be a difficult condition to treat especially in infants and young children who cannot administer treatment themselves. Administering the correct dose of sugar is difficult for several reasons: the child may not want to intake food and it may be difficult to force the child to chew or swallow, it is difficult to identify the quantity of sugar necessary to reach optimal glucose levels. If too much sugar is administered, high levels of blood glucose may...