What is the normal range of blood glucose concentration in healthy term newborns?

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition Vol. 89; no. 4; p. F375
• Main Author: Brand, P L P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.07.2004; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Blood; Blood Glucose - analysis; Glucose; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Infant, Newborn - blood; Letter; Reference Values
• ISSN: 1359-2998; 1468-2052
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.035196

In a comprehensive review of the literature in 1997, an expert panel of the World Health Organization concluded that there are numerous approaches to defining normoglycaemia, including the statistical approach (which was taken by Dr Nicholl), the metabolic approach (what is the concentration of blood glucose at which normal cell homoeostasis is maintained?), the neurophysiological approach (below what concentration of blood glucose does impairment of neurological functions occur?), and, perhaps most importantly, the neurodevelopmental approach (does a relation exist between neonatal blood glucose concentrations and the neurodevelopmental outcome of children years later?).