Emergency Medical Minute25 Maalis 2019

Podcast #449: Banana Bags

Author: Dylan Luyten, MD

Educational Pearls:

A "banana bag" is a bag of IV fluid that contains various vitamins and minerals including folate and thiamine
IV fluids do not alter intoxicated patients recovery in the emergency department
Folate deficiency is rare in the intoxicated patient
Some intoxicated patients may be thiamine deficient, and those that would benefit the most need significantly more daily thiamine supplementation than provided in a banana bag

References:

Perez SR, Keijzers G, Steele M, Byrnes J, Scuffham PA. Intravenous 0.9% sodium chloride therapy does not reduce length of stay of alcohol-intoxicated patients in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial. Emerg Med Australas. 2013 Dec;25(6):527-34. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12151. Epub 2013 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 24308613; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4253317.

Li SF, Jacob J, Feng J, Kulkarni M. Vitamin deficiencies in acutely intoxicated patients in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Sep;26(7):792-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.003. PubMed PMID: 18774045.

ay E, Bentham PW, Callaghan R, Kuruvilla T, George S. Thiamine for prevention and treatment of Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in people who abuse alcohol. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 1;(7):CD004033. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004033.pub3. Review. PubMed PMID: 23818100.

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