Early Elective Insulin Therapy Can Reduce Hyperglycemia and Increase Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Levels in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Objective To investigate the use of insulin throughout the first week of life in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight 10 mmol/L [180 mg/dL]) for 35.9% of the study period, compared with 7.6% for the insulin-treated infants ( P = .035). The duration of time with hypoglycemia (
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of pediatrics 2007-12, Vol.151 (6), p.611-617.e1 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objective To investigate the use of insulin throughout the first week of life in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight 10 mmol/L [180 mg/dL]) for 35.9% of the study period, compared with 7.6% for the insulin-treated infants ( P = .035). The duration of time with hypoglycemia ( |
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ISSN: | 0022-3476 1097-6833 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.068 |