Neonatal Hypoglycaemia in Healthy, Mature Infants

Neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of insulin-dependent diabetic mothers

Martin, F. I. R., Dahlenburg, G. W., Russell, J., and Jeffery, P. (1975). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 50, 472. Neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of insulin-dependent diabetic mothers. Neonatal hypoglycaemia (blood glucose <20 mg/100 ml) occurred in the first 6 hours of life in 25 of 34 infants born to diabetic mothers receiving insulin. Despite severe hypoglycaemia (blood glucose <10 mg/1...

Neonatal hypoglycaemia--a critical reappraisal.

Neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of diabetic mothers given sulphonylurea drugs in pregnancy.

Kemball, M. L., McIver, C., Milner, R. D. G., Nourse, C. H., Schiff, D., Tiernan, J. R. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 696. Neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of diabetic mothers given sulphonylurea drugs in pregnancy. Three infants whose diabetic mothers were given chlorpropamide and one infant whose diabetic mother was given acetohexamide up to the time of delivery were studied ...

Neonatal hypoglycaemia: learning from claims

OBJECTIVES Neonatal hypoglycaemia is a potential cause of neonatal morbidity, and on rare but tragic occasions causes long-term neurodevelopmental harm with consequent emotional and practical costs for the family. The organisational cost to the NHS includes the cost of successful litigation claims. The purpose of the review was to identify themes that could alert clinicians to common pitfalls a...

Rapid detection of neonatal hypoglycaemia

The use of Dextrostix Reflectance Meter (DRM)* to measure blood glucose has been reported recently. The method has proved to be simnple, rapid, and accurate, and to correlate well with various reference methods (Mazzaferri et al., 1970; Jarret, Keen, and Hardwick, 1970; Schersten, 1971; Deckert and Futtrup, 1971). The handiness of the DRM seemed to make it an excellent tool in the diagnosis of ...