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Hypoglycaemia and neonatal brain injury

Author: James P Boardman

Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics | Special Issue 2/2014

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The transition from fetal to neonatal life requires metabolic adaptation to ensure energy supply to vital organs and systems after separation from the placental circulation. Under normal conditions this is achieved through the mobilisation and use of alternative cerebral fuels (fatty acids, ketone bodies and lactate) when blood glucose concentration falls. …

Title: Hypoglycaemia and neonatal brain injury
Author: James P Boardman
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Italian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue Special Issue 2/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-40-S2-A13

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