Last Modified: 2:43pm 26/03/2021
Reduced Glucose (Carbohydrate) intake
- Nil by mouth, nausea and vomiting, gastroenteritis
- Reduced appetite, irregular, smaller, delayed or missing meals
- Unexplained interruption of parenteral or enteral nutrition (e.g blocked feeding tube) or feed intolerance
- Discontinued enteral, parenteral nutrition or IV glucose infusion
- Change in timing of usual largest meal of the day or feed regimen
- Lack of access to usual between meal or pre-bedtime snacks
- Terminal illness/End of Life
- Inadequate treatment of previous hypoglycaemia
- Cognitive dysfunction/dementia/frailty