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ArticlePaediatrics & child health2021

Are there alternatives to over-the-counter diabetes-care glucose-gels for transitional neonatal hypoglycemia?

Alfonso Solimano, Horacio Osiovich, Eddie Kwan, Daniel L Metzger, Rob Everett

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Article in Paediatrics & child health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alfonso SolimanoChildren's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Horacio OsiovichChildren's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Eddie KwanChildren's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Daniel L MetzgerChildren's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rob EverettChildren's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
University of British Columbia · CAChildren's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transitional neonatal hypoglycemia is common in at-risk well newborns, requires immediate attention, interferes with breastfeeding, and frequently results in separation of mothers from their babies. Breastfeeding shortly after birth and screening at-risk newborns at 2 hours of age is standard practice in Canada. In the Sugar Babies Trial, a custom-made 40% glucose-gel massaged to the buccal mucosa in at-risk infants decreased intravenous glucose treatment, but not neonatal intensive care unit admission. It increased the rate of full breastfeeding after discharge but experts suggest that additional evidence is needed. Further, commercially available neonatal glucose-gels do not exist, so practitioners around the world have started using diabetes-care products, which do not meet standards for use in newborns. Here, we provide a condensed summary of the topic and of management alternatives.

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Dextrose gelGlucose gelHypoglycemiaNewbornTransitional hypoglycemia

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PMID33552318
PMCPMC7850274
OpenAlexW3011162850

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