50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics: The incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia in a nursery for premature infants

摘要

Wybregt et al made important contributions to the burgeoning field of hypoglycemia in premature neonates. They published one of the first systematic studies documenting the demographics and high prevalence of hypoglycemia in preterm newborns, defined arbitrarily as glucose concentrations below 30 mg/dL. They noted increased incidence in small for gestational age (SGA) infants, a description that was just being adopted in research and clinical practice. They also found that no single clinical sign could reliably distinguish the hypoglycemic infant.