The incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia—a completed survey*

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A two year survey of blood glucose values in low-birth-weight infants during their first 5 postnatal days has been carried out. Fourteen (5.7 per cent) of the infants had two or more blood glucose values less than 20 mg. per cent and had clinical manifestations which disappeared following the parenteral administration of glucose.

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Supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grants HD 00235-05 and HD 02556-06 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Public Health Service, and a grant from the Psychiatric Training and Research Fund of the Illinois Department of Mental Health.

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Address, Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, 840 S. Wood St., Chicago, Ill. 60612.

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