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Metabolic Crises in the Neonate: Thermoregulation and Hypoglycemia

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Next to successful neonatal resuscitation, the two most critical life-support systems essential for the neonate’s ultimate survival and potential are those concerned with thermoregulation and glucose homeostasis. To minimize the stresses of adaptation to an extrauterine life from the maternal source of heat and energy, a well-organized program of management must be instituted in the delivery room and continued in the nursery. The smaller or the more compromised the neonate, the more critical is the need for protocol, personnel, and equipment to provide a minimum of cold stress from the moment of birth and to begin to monitor blood glucose by the first 30–60 min of life. The healthy term infant can and does benefit from such a program, with broader parameters.

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    Betty Bernard M.D. (Associate Professor of Pediatrics)

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Bernard, B. (1978). Metabolic Crises in the Neonate: Thermoregulation and Hypoglycemia. In: Critical Care Medicine Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9932-5_33

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