Guideline · Consensus statement
Management of hypoglycemia in newborn: Turkish Neonatal and Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Societies consensus report.
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Fluids and electrolytes
- Hypoglycaemia
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Medical
- Metabolic, endocrine and renal
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Preterm stabilisation
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Summary
Joint Turkish neonatal and paediatric endocrinology society consensus on the recognition, screening and management of neonatal hypoglycaemia, given its risk of neurological injury when prolonged or recurrent. It covers early feeding and timed glucose monitoring for at-risk newborns, bedside screening with laboratory confirmation, and age-specific thresholds for symptomatic and asymptomatic babies. It also addresses treatment targets, intravenous glucose infusion with titration and weaning, and sampling during hypoglycaemia for investigation of persistent causes.
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