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Incidence and Risk Factors of Late-Onset Hypoglycemia in Extremely Low Gestational Age or Extremely Low Birth Weight
Lara Canova1, Roland P Neumann1, Sven M Schulzke1
1Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital Basel UKBB, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Aim:
To determine incidence and risk factors associated with late-onset hypoglycemia in extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight infants.
Methods:
Retrospective single-center cohort study including infants with a gestational age < 28 weeks or birth weight < 1000 g. Late-onset hypoglycemia was defined as any blood glucose level < 2.6 mmol/L occurring after Day 7 of life in infants on full enteral nutrition.
Results:
Out of 211 included infants, 41 (19.4%) experienced at least one episode of late-onset hypoglycemia. Late-onset hypoglycemia was negatively associated with gestational age (p = 0.013), birth weight (p < 0.001), birth weight z-score (p < 0.001) and maternal arterial hypertension (p = 0.003).
Conclusion:
The risk of late-onset hypoglycemia is considerable in infants with a gestational age < 28 weeks or birth weight under 1000 g. Therefore, careful glucose monitoring beyond the first week of life is recommended for this vulnerable population.
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