| Screening of blood glucose levels in healthy neonates. | |
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PMID: 21140110 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to screen the blood glucose levels in healthy term and near-term neonates, and to assess the influence of mode of delivery, birth weight and gestational age on blood glucose levels. METHODS: The blood glucose concentrations of 1,540 healthy term and near-term neonates in the first hour of life were retrospectively evaluated from the clinical charts. Glucose levels were estimated from heel prick capillary samples. The glucose concentration was correlated with the mode of delivery, birth weight and gestational age. RESULTS: Vaginally delivered neonates had higher glucose levels. The glucose concentrations were not significantly different between infants in the different birth weight groups. However, glucose concentration was significantly correlated with gestational age, and the levels were observed to rise with increasing gestational age. CONCLUSION: Screening asymptomatic, healthy term and near-term neonates for hypoglycaemia in the first hour following birth is unnecessary. Glucose strips and glucose meters are useful only as screening devices for neonatal hypoglycaemia, and a screening cut-off value must be established. |
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Authors:
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S M Kayıran; B Gürakan |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Singapore medical journal Volume: 51 ISSN: 0037-5675 ISO Abbreviation: Singapore Med J Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-12-08 Completed Date: 2011-03-31 Revised Date: 2011-05-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404516 Medline TA: Singapore Med J Country: Singapore |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 853-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Paediatrics, American Hospital, Güzelbahce Sokak, Istanbul, Turkey. sinanmahir@gmail.com |
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Analysis of Variance Birth Weight Blood Glucose* Female Gestational Age Humans Hypoglycemia / diagnosis*, drug therapy Infant Welfare Infant, Newborn Male Neonatal Screening / instrumentation, methods* Predictive Value of Tests Retrospective Studies Statistics as Topic Statistics, Nonparametric |
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0/Blood Glucose |
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Comment In:
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Singapore Med J. 2011 Mar;52(3):228
[PMID:
21451933
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