Blood glucose concentration in the perinatal period.

Abstract

Low blood sugar concentrations are common in infants, and concentrations which in the adult would be considered pathologically low may be physiological in the newborn in whom hypoglycaemia is not necessarily associated with symptoms (Ketteringham

Chronic Handicap in Childhood

“…of body weight should be achieved during the second day of life, rising to about 50 cals./kg. on the third day, and that these amounts can be supiplied in volumes well tolerated by small infants (Russell and McKay, 1966).…”

“…Infants who have grown -poorly in utero are especially prone to develop very low levels of 'blood glucose in the first few days (Neligan, Robson and Watson, 1963) and the data of Wharton and Bower (1965) suggest that such in'fants are likely to suffer brain damage in consequence. The neonatal fall in blood sugar can be minimised iby ensuring an adequate caloric intake from the first day after birth (Smallpiece and Davies, 1964;Russell and McKay, 1966) though the volume of eaoh feed must be carefully regulated since immediate feeding with large amounts of milk carries a high risk of inhalation and death (Wharton and Bower, 1965). Experience in Alberdeen suggests that if 'possible a minimum intake of ajbout 30 calories per kg.…”

Effects on Plasma Glucose Concentration of Light‐for‐date Infants and Infants of Diabetic Mothers of Feeds Supplemented with a Glucose Polymer

“…A study was considered unsatisfactory if the infant failed to consume the test feed within five minutes. Blood was obtained by heel stab after warming the heel (7), collected in heparinized tubes, and the plasma immediately separated and frozen for later estimation of plasma glucose using a Beckman analyser.…”