[Hypoglycaemia in neonates following exchange transfusion (author's transl)]

In 30 newborns the blood sugar level was determined before and after exchange transfusion. At the end of exchange transfusion, the blood sugar reached in each case 200 mg-% or more, but with in one hour fell back to the starting level. If the patient did not get an adequate quantity of sugar during that time, hypoglycaemia developed. It is known, that patients with severe haemolytic disease have hyperinsulinism, but we investigated only such patients, who were born with Hgfv levels above 10 g-%. Therefore, it seems, that the hypoglycaemia in those cases is not due to the haemolytic disease, but a reaction to the sugar, given with the ACD blood.