Effects of high dietary sugar.

Abstract

did not influence infection or inflammation, and 39 cannulae had been used once or not at all. No medication had been given through four of the 15 infected cannulae, including the septicaemic case. Significantly more of the infected than non-infected cannulae, however, had been used for blood transfusion (four out of 15 compared with four out of 87: p <0-002; y2 test with Yates's correction).