Neonatal Hypoglycaemia

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Results from an imbalance between the newborn's glucose supply and demand
• 2commonly seen in infants of diabetic mothers who have higher insulin levels at birth
• 3premature infants with limited glucose reserves
• 4and babies who are small or large for gestational age. Other causes include inadequate feeding in the first hours of life
• 5cold stress increasing metabolic demand
• 6and
• 7less commonly
• 8underlying metabolic or hormonal disorders. The newborn's limited glycogen stores can be rapidly depleted in these higher-risk situations.