Incidence and Risk Factors for Glucose Disturbances in Premature Infants.

Ivona Butorac AhelKristina Lah TomulićInge Vlašić CicvarićMarta ŽuvićKristina Baraba DekanićSilvije ŠeguljaIva Bilić Čače

Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2022)

Glucose disturbances in the early neonatal period in preterm infants are common and mostly asymptomatic. Therefore, careful blood glucose level monitoring is required in those infants, especially in late preterm infants, in order to prevent possible neurological complications.

Keyphrases

blood glucose
preterm infants
low birth weight
glycemic control
blood pressure
type diabetes
risk factors
blood brain barrier
insulin resistance
preterm birth
cerebral ischemia