Factors Associated with Need for Intravenous Glucose Infusion for the Treatment of Early Neonatal Hypoglycemia in Late Preterm and Term Neonates.

Need for intravenous glucose infusion was associated with small size for GA, low initial glucose concentration, early-onset infection and variables associated with perinatal hypoxia-asphyxia. The likelihood of a maximum GIR ≥10 mg · kg-1 · min-1 was greater in neonates with lower blood glucose value during the first 3 hours of observation and lower umbilical arterial pH.