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CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 150-155Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000319
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brain damage; developmental delay; hypoglycemia; risk factors; seizures; transitional hyperinsulinemia
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Purpose of reviewThe screening and management for neonatal hypoglycemia remains a confusing and contentious problem in neonatology. The purpose of this article is to contrast recent recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Endocrine Society.Recent findingsUsing different methodologies, the organizations have significant differences on whom to screen and what levels of glucose should be used for management. The identification of the first 48h as a transitional hyperinsulinemic state is a new important concept. The neuroendocrine approach is contrasted with a neurodevelopmental strategy to find levels that exceed those associated with neuroglycopenia.SummaryThe questions remain the same when it comes to screening and management of neonatal low-glucose levels. Recent outcome studies with differing results continue to add to the controversy as to what to do at the bedside. It is uncertain if universal screening of glucose levels in the first hours should be applied to all newborn infants. Persistent hypoglycemic syndromes must be identified prior to discharge.
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