Prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia by oral lipid supplementation in low birth weight infants

✍ Scribed by L. Sann; B. Mousson; M. Rousson; I. Maire; M. Bethenod

• Book ID: 104775693
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 380 KB
• Volume: 147
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00442214

✦ Synopsis

The effect of oral lipid supplementation (2.9 g/day containing 67% medium chain triglycerides) on the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia was evaluated in 28 low birth weight infants (mean + 1SD for gestational age: 36 -+ 1.2 weeks and birth weight: 1778 + 230 g) and compared to a control group of 23 infants with similar gestational age, birth weight and sex. The incidence of hypoglycaemic patients with plasma glucose < 1.72mmol/I was 8/23 (35%) in the control group versus 2/28 (7%) in the supplemented group: 22 = 6.72; P<0.01. Determinations of plasma beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in 11 infants of the supplemented group did not show values higher than 1.2mmol/1. This prospective study shows that supplementation with lipids can prevent the occurrence of hypoglycaemia in low birth weight infants.