Knowledge gaps and research needs for understanding and treating neonatal hypoglycemia: workshop report from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

摘要

Maintenance of glucose homeostasis via initiation of glucose production is one of the critical physiological events that results in a smooth transition and adaptation to extrauterine life. A number of neonates have difficulty during transition to the extrauterine environment that result in altered glucose homeostasis and low plasma glucose concentrations. Although much progress has been made over the years in understanding the causes and mechanisms of altered neonatal glucose metabolism, the long-term consequences and the threshold values that may cause injury remain unknown.