Lower versus Traditional Treatment Threshold for Neonatal Hypoglycemia.
Anne A M W van KempenP Frank EskesDebbie H G M NuytemansJohanna H van der LeeLea M DijksmanNicole R van VeenendaalFlip J P C M van der HulstRob M J MoonenLuc J I ZimmermannEllen P van 't VerlaatMinouche van Dongen-van BaalBen A SemmekrotHélène G StasRon H T van BeekJosé J VlietmanPeter H DijkJacqueline U M TermoteRogier C J de JongeAmerik C de MolMarianne W A HuysmanJoke H KokMartin OffringaNicole Boluytnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2020)
In otherwise healthy newborns with asymptomatic moderate hypoglycemia, a lower glucose treatment threshold (36 mg per deciliter) was noninferior to a traditional threshold (47 mg per deciliter) with regard to psychomotor development at 18 months. (Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development; HypoEXIT Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN79705768.).