Background: Hypoglycaemia is the most common metabolic problem in neonates but there
is no universally accepted threshold for safe blood glucose concentrations due to …

Hypoglycemia in the first hours to days after birth remains one of the most common
conditions facing practitioners across Canada who care for newborns. Many cases …

Objectives To develop evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for children
(including infants, school-aged children, and adolescents) with septic shock and other …

Background Treatment of gestational diabetes improves maternal and infant health,
although diagnostic criteria remain unclear. Methods We randomly assigned women at 24 to …

Background Neonates and infants requiring anaesthesia are at risk of physiological
instability and complications, but triggers for peri-anaesthetic interventions and associations …

Importance Neonatal hypoglycemia is associated with increased risk of poor executive and
visual-motor function, but implications for later learning are uncertain. Objective To test the …

A course of antenatal corticosteroids given within the seven days prior to preterm birth
reduces perinatal and neonatal death and respiratory distress syndrome.[Grade A] For …

Antenatal corticosteroids are standard of care for pregnancies at risk of preterm delivery
between 24-34 weeks' gestational age. Recent trials demonstrate modest benefits from …

Objectives To determine postnatal changes in plasma and interstitial glucose concentrations
of healthy infants receiving current recommended care and to compare the incidence of low …

Background Worldwide, many newborns who are preterm, small or large for gestational age,
or born to mothers with diabetes are screened for hypoglycemia, with a goal of preventing …