Abstract
The blood glucose concentration in the newborn after delivery corresponds to the mother's glucose level. During the following hours, this concentration falls to a very low level and remains there for some days.
After intravenous loading in babies a few hours old the glucose level decreases in the same manner as is always found after intravenous glucose tolerance test.
The curves after intravenous loading on the one hand as well as after delivery on the other hand show the same course.
In newborns the biokinetic data, namely elimination half life, turnover rate and turnover show a slower elimination and turnover rate and a diminished turnover compared to older children.
We therefore conclude, on account of our investigations, that the decrease of the infant's glucose curve after birth is not a question of higher glucose consumption but only of the elimination from a higher maternal glucose level to a lower newborn level in the same way as after intravenous load.
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Gladtke, E., Stock, G. GLUCOSE IN THE NEWBORN INFANT. BLOOD CONCENTRATION, TURNOVER AND TURNOVER RATE. Pediatr Res 8, 138 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197402000-00074
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197402000-00074