Nasrin Dashti, Nahid Einollahi, Sakineh Abbasi.
Neonatal hypoglycemia: Prevalence and clinical manifestations in Tehran Children`s Hospital.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;23(3):340-3.

Objective: To measure the prevalence of hypoglycemia among newborn infants in Children Hospital using a standard laboratory glucose method and to evaluate the evidence of clinical manifestations of hypoglycemia, designing appropriate strategies for prevention and treatment. Methods: The study population consisted of 673 neonates in Tehran Children`s Hospital and was conducted between June 2004 and March 2005. Results: The incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia in the present study group was 15.15% live births. The clinical features which remained significantly associated with the hypoglycemic neonates were refusal of feeding (45%), hyporeflexia (36.2%), irritability (30%), cyanosis (28.4%), tackypnea (24.5%), seizure (16.6%), weak cry (15.8), apneic spels (9.8%), pallor (1.9%), cardiac arrest (9.1%) and sweating (1%). Conclusion: Hypoglycemia does occur frequently in newborn infants and requires careful monitoring and therapy of serum glucose.

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