The danger of diazoxide in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Background: The most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infancy is hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. When conservative measures fail, providers often use medications to treat persistent hypoglycemia. Diazoxide is first-line therapy for neonatal hypoglycemia and works by inhibiting insulin secretion.

Use of propofol and emergence agitation in children: a literature review.

Emergence agitation (EA) is an important issue in pediatric anesthesia. This phenomenon arises more frequently with the use of inhalational agents. Three commonly used general anesthesia techniques in children were evaluated as to the associated incidence of emergence reactions.