How to Use dextrose in a Sentence

dextrose

noun

• Be aware that sugar can hide under names like dextrose, molasses and corn syrup, too.
  — Kylie Hermansen, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• The researchers had to administer dextrose to increase the pigs’ blood sugar levels.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
• What's in it: Stevia extract and dextrose or maltodextrin.
  — Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
• 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
• His discharge medication list ran more than two pages: Insulin, dextrose and glucagon to help balance his blood sugar.
  — USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
• 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
• But the frozen dinners still contains xanthan gum, dextrose, isolated soy protein product and guar gum.
  — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
• 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
• 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
• At Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, the emergency room staff determined her blood sugar was low and gave her a dose of dextrose, which revived her.
  — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Other methods include using a different sized bag when possible or swapping in dextrose for saline.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2018
• Other methods include using a different sized bag, when possible, or swapping in dextrose for saline.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2018
• 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
• The products—dextrose and sodium chloride, also known as saline—are intravenous fluids given to hospital patients.
  — Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
• Glucose is called dextrose; fructose is also called levulose.
  — Caitlin Granfield, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The list included various vitamins and supplements, dextrose, coconut water or meat, duck egg soup, jujube fruit, milk, honey, energy drinks and even human breastmilk.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• For example, there are bandages and splints for cuts and battered limbs, aspirin and analgesics for headaches and pain, antihistamine for allergies, dextrose for a deficiency in liquids or carbohydrates, and an AED for sudden cardiac arrest.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• 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
• 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
• Vitargo Chocolate is a delicious combination of cocoa, maltitol, and dextrose.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Sterile water for wound irrigation, sodium chloride for IV fluids, and dextrose for blood sugar stabilization are also facing supply shortages.
  — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024