Objective to establish how well postnatal ward neonatal hypoglycaemia guidelines facilitate
breast feeding and adhere to UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) recommendations …

Hypoglycemia in the first hours to days after birth remains one of the most common
conditions facing practitioners across Canada who care for newborns. Many cases …

Objective Early feeding, skin-to-skin contact, and dextrose gel have been independently
shown to promote breastfeeding and decrease NICU admission for neonatal hypoglycemia …

The audit was to measure compliance to the Arrowe Park neonatal unit hypoglycaemia
guideline which was adopted in 2017. The guideline reflected lowering the blood sugar …

In this issue of Neonatology, Harris et al. from Auckland, New Zealand, report on their
study,“Does a Good Quality Breastfeed Improve the Blood Glucose Concentration in …

This article is based on a systematic review (Hewitt et al 2005), which extends a review
undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO 1997a). The article discusses: signs of …

A neonatologist plays a critical role in the management of babies with hypoglycemia.
Although neonatal hypoglycemia has been conventionally defined as glucose≤ 2.5 mmol/L …

A number of fetal-maternal conditions predispose infants to hypoglycemia. Consensus on
postnatal glucose screening and management is mixed contributing to ineffective …

Implementing oral glucose gel for neonatal hypoglycemia-A single hospital study" Purpose"
Neonatal hypoglycemia affects as many as 5-15% of otherwise healthy babies. The current …