Correspondence (letter to the editor): Do not Administer Free Glucose Solution

The article was interesting. I have worked in neonatology, pediatrics, and intensive care medicine, but not every doctor has such a training background. If a doctor administers parenteral “saline or glucose solution to a child (in children <1^st year of life, about 100 mL/kg body weight” [1], p 771) then the child may die because of the glucose solution. The problem in the setting is the “free” water, which may lead to cerebral edema and convulsions. This case has actually occurred—the child in question died with convulsions.