Accession Number:

AD0839394

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL HYPERGLYCEMIA IN FEVER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Cohn, Hans

Report Date:

1965-01-18

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Animal as well as human tests show that in the fevered organism the blood-sugar curve rises little or not at all after peroral ingestion. The explanation is to be sought in terms of the general rise in energy requirements during fever, an increase met first and easiest by carbohydrates.

Descriptors:

• *FEVERS
• *HYPERGLYCEMIA
• ENERGY
• METABOLISM
• GERMANY
• TRANSLATIONS
• CONSUMPTION
• CARBOHYDRATES
• BLOOD
• GLUCOSE
• BODY TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE