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From: Does a reduced glucose intake prevent hyperglycemia in children early after cardiac surgery? a randomized controlled crossover study

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Schematic presentation of the study in children receiving low or standard glucose intake after cardiac surgery. In a randomized blinded crossover design, subjects received low glucose or standard glucose intake while a primed continuous stable isotope tracer protocol was conducted. The gray arrow indicates prime of tracers before continuous infusion. Black triangles indicate time points of arterial blood and breath sampling for laboratory parameters and isotopic enrichment measurements of glucose and leucine tracers. Enrichmentleu-alb indicates the enrichment of [1-13C]-leucine incorporated into albumin, and 't1' and 't2' represent time points of blood sampling for determination of Enrichmentleu-alb and calculation of fractional albumin synthesis. IC, indirect calorimetry; LG, low glucose intake; SG, standard glucose intake.

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