Hypoglycaemia in the Early Neonatal Period in Newborns

Abstract

Neonatal hypoglycaemia is a topical problem in neonatology and paediatric endocrinology. In recent years, problems of glycaemia monitoring during first days of life have been discussed as well as the strategy for management of newborns with the syndrome of hypoglycemia and evaluation of metabolism in brain neurons has been a matter of scientific research. Scientific publications regarding the detection rate and duration of low glucose values in the early neonatal period as well as means of their correction and conducted therapy results are very scarce and ambiguous, which determines the necessity of new modern data regarding the problem considered. Purpose of the study: to study the detection rate and dynamics of clinical and laboratory manifestations of hypoglycaemia in children in the early neonatal period in order to optimise observation of newborns at the risk of developing this condition. Materials and methods: an open, retrospective, continuous, single-centre study was conducted to obtain preliminary data important for development of monitoring strategies for newborns at the risk of hypoglycaemia (neonates with high birth weight, children born to mothers with diabetes, newborns with intrauterine growth restriction). The target studied group was constituted by 522 newborns of both genders in the early neonatal period (aged 0 to 7 days). Results: the paper presents data on hypoglycaemia detection rate in newborns with risk factors for hypoglycaemia development, clinical and laboratory features of this condition, dynamics of glycaemia during the early neonatal period as well as the timing of blood glucose stabilisation (the age of normoglycaemia achievement).