Abstract:The aim of this article is to present the problem of neonatal hypoglycaemia through clinical cases. Hypoglycaemia is the most common neonatal metabolic disturbance. It may be picked up incidentally in a neonate without clinical signs, or anticipated in a neonate at risk of hypoglycaemia. The lowest accepted blood glucose (BG) concentration is difficult to define, the one most often used in clinical practice it is a BG concentration of 2.2 mmol/L in the first 24 hours of life and of 2.6 mmol/L after the first d… Show more
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