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Volume 23 |
April - June 2007 (Part-II) |
Number 3 |
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NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA:
Prevalence and clinical manifestations in
Tehran Children’s Hospital
Nasrin Dashti1, Nahid Einollahi2, Sakineh Abbasi3ABSTRACT
Objective: To measure the prevalence of hypoglycemia among newborn infants in Children Hospital using a standard laboratory glucose method and to evaluate the evidence of clinical manifestations of hypoglycemia, designing appropriate strategies for prevention and treatment.
Methods: The study population consisted of 673 neonates in Tehran Children’s Hospital and was conducted between June 2004 and March 2005.
Results: The incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia in the present study group was 15.15% live births. The clinical features which remained significantly associated with the hypoglycemic neonates were refusal of feeding (45%), hyporeflexia (36.2%), irritability (30%), cyanosis (28.4%), tackypnea (24.5%), seizure (16.6%), weak cry (15.8), apneic spels (9.8%), pallor (1.9%), cardiac arrest (9.1%) and sweating (1%).
Conclusion: Hypoglycemia does occur frequently in newborn infants and requires careful monitoring and therapy of serum glucose.
KEY WORDS: Hypoglycemia; Neonate; Prevalence; Treatment protocols.
Pak J Med Sci May - June 2007 Vol. 23 No. 3 340-343
1. Nasrin Dashti, Ph.D
2. Nahid Einollahi, Ph.D
3. Sakineh Abbasi, Ph.D
1-3: School of Allied Health Medicine
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran- Iran
Correspondence
Nahid Einollahi
E-mail: einolahn@sina.tums.ac.ir
* Received for Publication: May 17, 2006
* Revision Received: October 5, 2006
* Revision Accepted: October 27, 2006
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