[
    {
        "id": "osp-2066",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Evaluation of Diagnostic Fasting in the Investigation of Hypoglycemia in Children Omani Experience",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Bappal",
                "given": "Bhasker"
            },
            {
                "family": "Mula-Abed",
                "given": "Waad Sharef"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluation-of-diagnostic-fasting-in-the-investigation-of-hypoglycemia-in-children-omani-experience",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2007
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Medical Journal",
        "publisher": "Oman Medical Specialty Board",
        "ISSN": "1999-768X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: To assess the safety and importance of diagnostic fast in the evaluation of hypoglycemia in children in a non-specialist set up. Method: The medical records of 116 patients with hypoglycemia, admitted to Pediatric Unit, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, over a 15 year period, were reviewed. Of these, 96 (82.8%) patients, 52 boys and 44 girls, aged 8 days to 10 years were subjected to diagnostic fast. Results: Of these 96 patients fasted, 77 (80.2%) became hypoglycemic (HG group) and 19 (19.8 %) did not develop hypoglycemia on fast (NHG group). In the HG group, 69 (89.6%) patients developed symptomatic hypoglycemia of variable severity and none developed coma or convulsions during fasting. Conclusion: The study has proved that diagnostic fast is relatively a safe procedure with considerable amount of diagnostic yield."
    }
]