How to Use dextrose in a Sentence
dextrose
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Be aware that sugar can hide under names like dextrose, molasses and corn syrup, too.
—Kylie Hermansen, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
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Dr. Kellogg baked his dough at extremely high heat to break down starch contained in the grain into the simple sugar dextrose.
—Howard Markel, Smithsonian, 28 July 2017
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High fructose corn syrup, dextrose, sucrose, glucose, agave, honey, cane juice, and corn syrup solids are all just types of sugar in disguise.
—Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
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The researchers had to administer dextrose to increase the pigs’ blood sugar levels.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
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What's in it: Stevia extract and dextrose or maltodextrin.
—Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
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The records note that Dr. Brown used the same duration, method and solution of L-carnitine and dextrose outlined by the Nottingham researchers.
—Matt Hart, New York Times, 19 May 2017
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His discharge medication list ran more than two pages: Insulin, dextrose and glucagon to help balance his blood sugar.
—USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
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To try to counteract the insulin, medical staff gave the baby an injection of dextrose, or sugar.
—Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
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But the frozen dinners still contains xanthan gum, dextrose, isolated soy protein product and guar gum.
—Heather Haddon, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
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Unfortunately, Certo has dextrose (corn) as the first ingredient, as do most of the other fruit pectin brands.
—Teresa Graedon, The Seattle Times, 17 Apr. 2018
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Cooper, which orders a million bags of IV fluids a year, has reduced use of IV basics like saline and dextrose by 30 percent by changing some longtime practices.
—Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 14 Feb. 2018
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The natural disaster has already knocked back the supply of small-volume saline and dextrose bags, which are widely used intravenous solutions.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
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Other methods include using a different sized bag when possible or swapping in dextrose for saline.
—USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2018
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Other methods include using a different sized bag, when possible, or swapping in dextrose for saline.
—Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2018
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Note that granola bars may use other names for sugar, including corn syrup, brown rice syrup, honey, invert sugar, molasses, barley malt extract, fructose, and dextrose.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 3 Sep. 2019
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The products—dextrose and sodium chloride, also known as saline—are intravenous fluids given to hospital patients.
—Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
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This particular dog received IV fluids, dextrose given intravenously to maintain blood sugar levels, vitamin K to help support the blood’s clotting ability, and a drug to help protect the liver.
—Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
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Brach's candy corn, a ubiquitous member of most candy aisles is comprised of: Sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze, salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, yellow 6, yellow 5, red 3.
—USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
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Though bupivacaine is used as a local anesthetic across the hospital, for all sorts of procedures, Columbia now reserves the dextrose preparation for the most risky and complicated of emergency deliveries.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 22 May 2018
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Her project purchases the fentanyl from a pharmaceutical manufacturer, and a local pharmacy compounds it, with dextrose and caffeine as buffers.
—New York Times, 26 July 2022
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Vitargo Chocolate is a delicious combination of cocoa, maltitol, and dextrose.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
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These include other vulnerable components of the IV nutrition cocktail, including concentrated calcium salts, a sugar called dextrose, and lipids, as well as several diuretics, medicines that help the body get rid of excess fluid.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
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Check the label for ingredients like brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, sucrose, trehalose and/or turbinado sugar.
—Rebecca Drudi, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2017
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Emergency treatment for a pet with xylitol toxicity involves giving the animal IV fluids containing dextrose to raise its blood glucose level and carefully monitoring its progress.
—Leticia Fanucchi, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
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Its kits also include auto-injectors for epinephrine, atropine, dextrose, epinephrine and lidocaine.
—Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2022
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The emergency medical kit should also contain aspirin, dextrose for diabetics, epinephrine for allergic reactions and nitroglycerine for heart problems.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
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