No answers yet for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycemia

Prevention of neonatal hypoglycemia and the associated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions in asymptomatic newborn infants is important in order to limit the separation of mothers and infants after birth, to promote breastfeeding, and to limit potential complications of hypoglycemia. After the success of clinical trials of dextrose gel for infants with asymptomatic hypoglycemia (Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2016:CD011027), a logical next step would be to administer prophylactic treatment to infants with perinatal risk factors such as maternal diabetes.

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