Neonatal Hyperglycemia—Causes, Treatments, and Cautions

In this volume of The Journal, Zamir et al report persistence of hyperglycemia for a surprisingly long period after birth, up to at least 28 days, in a relatively large number (580) of extremely preterm infants born at <27 weeks gestation.1 Hyperglycemia was defined as >180 mg/dL (>10 mmol/L), a value considerably higher than most text book definitions of neonatal hyperglycemia (commonly >125 mg/dL [~7 mmol/L]) and much above the upper limit found in normal human fetuses over the second half of gestation (108 mg/dL [6 mmol/L]).

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