Glucose Delivery Calculator
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Weight:
Kg
Nutrition:
Dextrose
Rate
(ml/hour)
Fluid Volume
(ml/kg/day)
Sugar Load
(mg/kg/min)
IV fluid #1:
%
IV fluid #2:
%
Milk:
- Select an option -
Breast
Term Formula
Pre-Term Formula
Polycal:
%
Totals
This calculator determines how much sugar (in mg/kg/min) an infant is receiving.
Enter the infant’s weight, then specify the various inputs:
dextrose percentage and flow rate for one or two infusions
type of milk and hourly milk volumes
added polycal (or equivalent carbohydrate) in grams per 100 ml of milk.
Assumptions:
Breast milk sugar content 7.1 g / 100 ml
Term formula sugar content 7.1 g / 100 ml
Pre-term formula sugar content 8.5 g / 100 ml
Any newborn requiring a glucose load of 10 mg/kg/minute to maintain normoglycaemia should be investigated for hyperinsulinism.
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Last Modified 08 November 2007