title: Hypoglycemia in healthy, full-term, breast-fed neonates during the early days of life: preliminary observation.
abstract: To examine the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic hypoglycemia during the early days of life, the blood glucose levels were analyzed in 38 healthy, full-term, breast-fed neonates cared for by rooming-in immediately after birth. Blood glucose levels were measured randomly using a blood glucose analyzer from birth to discharge. Preliminary results have shown that hypoglycemia (< 40 mg/dL) seldom occurred in healthy, full-term, breast-fed neonates when cared for in rooming-in with frequent suckling immediately after birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Okayama National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005943:Gluconeogenesis; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D015431:Weight Loss