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