Journal article
Association of Low Umbilical Cord pH and Hypoglycemia in Healthy Term Newborns: Should it Be a Part of Postnatal Screening?
Abstract
Hypoglycemia may lead to neurological impairment; therefore, high-risk newborns are screened postnatally. However, hypoglycemia monitoring protocols often do not include cord blood acidosis as a risk factor. The study aimed to find an association between asymptomatic cord blood acidosis and hypoglycemia. All healthy term infants born at McMaster Children Hospital, Hamilton, Canada, between October 2013 and September 2014, who had umbilical cord …
Authors
Durrani NUR; AlGhamdi J; Rochow N; Helou SE; Marrin ML
Journal
Journal of College of Physicians And Surgeons Pakistan, Vol. 29, No. 11, pp. 1116–1117
Publisher
College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
Publication Date
November 1, 2019
DOI
10.29271/jcpsp.2019.11.1116
ISSN
1022-386X