title: Neonatal hypoglycemia screening in newborns from diabetic mothers--arguments and controversies.
abstract: The most important known metabolic complication of the newborns from diabetic mothers, including diabetes type 1 and 2 and gestational diabetes, is the postnatal hypoglycemia. If unrecognized and undiagnosed, hypoglycemia in this particular high-risk group can determine severe neurological lesions and even death, in a significantly higher proportion than those from the general population. The present paper brings arguments for the crucial importance of screening for post-natal hypoglycemia in the early hours after birth, and discusses the management strategies and the topics that still remain in debate.
authors: "Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Stanescu
authors: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest; Neonatology Department, "Polizu" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest; "Alfred Rusescu" Institute for Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania.
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Stoicescu
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: maternal diabetes; neonatal hypoglycemia; neonatal screening; newborn