Dicembre 2004 - Volume XXIII - numero 11

Medico e Bambino


Problemi non correnti

L’ipoglicemia neonatale

RICCARDO DAVANZO, ELSA BARTH, SERGIO DEMARINI

Neonatologia e TIN, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste

Key words: Newborn, Hypoglicemia, Low birth weight

Neonatal hypoglycemia is defined as blood glucose higher than 45 mg/l. Blood glucose levels below this level are significantly associated with neurological damage. Normal newborn babies do not need monitoring of blood glucose, which is mandatory for at risk babies, such as low for gestational age and/or preterm babies and more generally those babies with Birth-Weight below 2500 grams, smaller twins when there is foeto-foetal disproportion, babies from diabetic mother, babies with erythroblastosis or polycythemia, babies with micropenis, hypopituitarism, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and babies who are subject to stress whatsoever. All these cases must be monitored and undergo nutritional prevention, preferably by continuous enteral nutrition. The infrequent cases of persistent or recurrent hypoglycemia represent a separate chapter.

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R. Davanzo, E. Barth, S. Demarini
L’ipoglicemia neonatale
Medico e Bambino 2004;23(11):699-704 https://www.medicoebambino.com/?id=0411_699.pdf


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