Long T M
Anaesthetic Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Anaesthesia. 1989 Sep;44(9):765-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb09266.x.
An unusual case of pre-operative, symptomatic hypoglycaemia in an otherwise fit, well developed 6-year-old boy is reported, and highlights the unpredictable effect of pre-operative starvation on children admitted on the day of surgery. The presentation and incidence of hypoglycaemia before operation in children is also reviewed.