New Syndrome of Neonatal Hypoglycemia

Abstract

SYMPTOMATIC hypoglycemia in the newborn infant occurs approximately once in 500 live births.¹ Over 80 per cent of these infants are small for their gestational age.² The occurrence of symptomatic hypoglycemia in the smaller infant of twin births has been emphasized.³ A survey of all admissions to a premature nursery has shown that 4 to 6 per cent of all premature infants have significant hypoglycemia and that approximately 15 per cent of all symptomatic infants who are small for their gestational age have hypoglycemia.⁴ This has led to the concept that idiopathic hypoglycemia in the newborn infant is often a . . .