Effects on Plasma Glucose Concentration of Light-for-date Infants and Infants of Diabetic Mothers of Feeds Supplemented with a Glucose Polymer |
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Authors: | C. COSTALOS G. RUSSELL Q. AL RAHIM M. J. TARLOW D. J. LLOYD K. R. ROSS |
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Affiliation: | Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT. Serial plasma glucose estimations were performed in 44 light-for-date infants and 17 infants of diabetic mothers fed 2, 3 or 4-hourly with feeds containing 10 % additional carbohydrate in the form of a glucose polymer (Caloreen). In the infants fed 2 and 3-hourly, plasma glucose was higher following the high carbohydrate feeds, particularly immediately before the next feed was due. Given 4-hourly, the high carbohydrate feed had little effect in most light-for-date infants, and in one light-for-date infant and two infants of diabetic mothers the plasma glucose was lower at the end of 4 hours than following normal formula. It is concluded that the addition of glucose polymer to feeds given 2 and 3 hourly has a potentially useful effect in neonates at risk of developing hypoglycaemia, but it cannot be used to increase the feed interval to 4 hours. |
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Keywords: | Glucose polymer light-for-date infant infant of diabetic mother plasma glucose |
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