Neonatal hypoglycaemia--the controversy regarding definition.
Major paediatric textbooks and the views of neonatologists in the United Kingdom were surveyed to establish a definition of neonatal hypoglycaemia. The definition ranged from a glucose concentration of less than 1 mmol/l to less than 4 mmol/l. Hypoglycaemia is recognised to cause neurological sequelae and yet there is no accepted definition of the lower limit of normality for circulating blood glucose concentrations.
Koh
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Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Eyre
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Aynsley-Green
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000097:blood
D001786:Blood Glucose