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Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Metabolic
Mean Blood Glucose in First Hours of Life
John A. Widness, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Figure: Serial Changes in the concentration of glucose in the blood of infants
immediately following delivery. The group from mothers with gestational diabetes
have abnormal intravenous glucose tolerance tests during pregnancy but received
no insulin therapy. Note initially elevated levels in the mothers. (Adapted
from McCann, et al, N Engl J Med. 1966; 275:1, with permission.)
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