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CHAPTER 14 Fluid and Electrolyte Management
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38. Leick-Rude MK, Haney B. Midline catheter use in the inten­sive care nursery. Neonatal Netw. 2006;25(3):189.
39. Milstone AM, Reich NG, Advani S, et al. Catheter dwell time and CLABSIs in neonates with PICCs: a multicenter cohort study. Pediatrics. 2013;132(6):e1609.
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43. Moyses HE, Johnson MJ, Leaf AA, et al. Early parenteral nutrition and growth outcomes in preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;97(4):816.
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50. Ramasethu J. Complications of vascular catheters in the neona­tal intensive care unit. Clin Perinatol. 2008;35(1):199.
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53. Selewski DT, Chariton JR, Jetton JG, et al. Neonatal acute kidney injury. Pediatrics. 2015;136(2):e463.
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58. Sneath N. Are supine chest and abdominal radiographs the best way to confirm PICC placement in neonates? Neonatal Netw. 2010;29(1):23.
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GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS
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uring intrauterine life, the fetus depends on the constant transfer of glucose across
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requirements. After birth, neonates must maintain glucose homeostasis by producing and regulating their own glucose supply. This requires activation
of a number of metabolic processes, including glu­coneogenesis (synthesis of glucose from nonglucose precursor substrates) and glycogenolysis (release of glucose via breakdown of glycogen stores) and intact regulatory mechanisms for glucose metabolism and an adequate supply of metabolic substrates.
the placenta to meet his or her glucose
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FETAL PHYSIOLOGY
Throughout gestation, maternal glucose provides the principal source of energy for the fetus via facilitated diffusion across the placenta. Fetal
glucose uptake varies directly with maternal glucose concentration; fetal glucose concentration usually
is about 70% of the maternal value. Changes in
maternal metabolism, including increased carbohy­drate and lipid intake and decreased sensitivity of the maternal tissues to insulin, augment maternal glucose production and provide the additional glucose nec­essary to meet fetal energy demands.9 With normal
maternal glucose concentrations and rates of glucose supply to the fetus, the fetus produces little, if any, glucose, although the enzymes for
gluconeogenesis are present by the third month of gestation.
supply, however, the fetus is capable of adapt­ing by using alternate substrates provided from the maternal circulation, such as ketone bodies, for energy production. This may be the case when
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If fetal demand exceeds maternal
maternal fasting or even starvation is severe enough to produce maternal and fetal hypoglycemia. In addi­tion, data from animal models suggest that there may be fetal glucose production under these conditions.92 Even in the basal state, the fetus relies on fuels such as lactate and amino acids to meet up to 25% to 30% of his or her energy demands, whereas lipids are used primarily for fat production.
Fetal glycogen synthesis begins as early as the ninth week of gestation, but the majority of fetal glycogen is produced in the third trimester. The major sites of glycogen deposition are skeletal muscle (greater than 90% of body glycogen), liver (the only organ whose glycogen can be released for use by other organs), lung, and
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heart.
etal muscle glycogen contents are several times adult levels. By contrast, lung and cardiac muscle glycogen stores decrease as the fetus approaches term, although these stores are still sufficiently large to be of phys­iologic significance. Survival in animals exposed to anoxia and human infants after asphyxia, for example, is directly related to cardiac glycogen content. The decrease in lung glycogen, which begins at 34 to 36 weeks’ gestation, may be related to ongoing develop­mental processes, such as the synthesis of surfactant.
stores energy as fat in adipose tissue.
glyceride synthesis occurs during the third trimester.
By 40 weeks’ gestation, the human fetus has a body fat content of about 16%, making it the fat-
test of all terrestrial newborn mammals. The human placenta transports some free fatty acids, although the amount transported to the fetus is not sufficient to account for the amount of adipose tissue present; therefore the fetus also must synthesize triglycerides,
By 40 weeks of gestation, hepatic and skel-
In addition to glycogen, the human fetus also
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using glycerol derived from glucose, as well as fatty acids transported across the placenta. Conditions in
which fetal glucose supply is reduced will result in less adipose tissue accumulation and reduced glycogen stores.
In addition to increasing glucose utilization, insulin also stimulates cellular hypertrophy and hyperplasia and thus is an important stimulus for fetal growth.52 Fetal pancreatic insulin content and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion increase over the second half of gestation to levels comparable to those found in neonates.85 Fetal insulin secretion
is augmented by higher glucose concentrations;
increased concentrations of amino acids add to this effect.53 Increased concentrations of insulin increase fetal glucose and amino acid utilization and glucose oxidation rates without increasing total fetal oxygen consumption.
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This implies that other substrates, primarily amino acids, become available for non­oxidative metabolism when glucose and insulin are plentiful; such conditions promote tissue accretion and growth.
Fetuses of diabetic mothers who have very unstable plasma glucose concentrations during late gestation have an increased islet cell response to hyperglycemia compared with normal fetuses of nondiabetic mothers, releasing more insulin than normal fetuses at any given blood glucose concen­tration. The higher insulin levels in turn lead to
increased growth consisting primarily of adipose tissue, producing the macrosomia typically seen in infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs).
In contrast, fetuses with intrauterine growth
restriction (IUGR) have reduced numbers of pancreatic islets and beta cells and produce less­than-normal amounts of insulin in response to glucose and amino acid stimulation.
21,112,160
In
IUGR fetal sheep, hepatic insulin resistance devel-
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ops,
augmenting hepatic glucose production. Such conditions can lead to postnatal hyperglycemia. In some neonates this propensity for postnatal hyper­glycemia may be counterbalanced by other factors. Recent studies in IUGR fetal sheep show increased insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissues (e.g., heart and skeletal muscle) that persists into the neonatal
12,25,123,153
period.
Furthermore, islet cells obtained from IUGR fetal sheep when removed from the environment with elevated catecholamines and adrenergic signaling in response to placental insuf­ficiency and reduced fetal oxygen supply and blood oxygen content show insulin secretion at greater
than normal levels.
25,30,93,98
These observations may
account for the apparent hyperinsulinemia that
occasionally occurs in such IUGR infants several days after birth when oxygenation is restored and norepinephrine concentrations diminish, contrib­uting to their common risk of hypoglycemia.
8,91
Not surprisingly, therefore, glucose homeostasis in
IUGR neonates is highly variable.
It also is important to note that although correc­tion of acute insulin deficiency promotes growth, exogenous insulin appears to have little effect on growth in human newborns or animal models with chronic insulin deficiency, suggesting that insulin
infusion to promote growth in growth-restricted infants is unlikely to be beneficial and may lead to additional complications.
The related pancreatic hormone glucagon,
which, like insulin, does not cross the placenta, has been detected as early as 9 to 16 weeks of gestation.
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In postnatal life, glucagon is a potent inducer of gluconeogenic enzymes, the opposite of insulin, which suppresses gluconeogenesis.
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In fetal life, glucagon plays a much less important role in regulating glucose metabolism than insulin, reflecting the developmental insensitivity of fetal glucagon receptors. As a result, the insulin-to-glu­cagon effectiveness ratio in the fetus is high, which is important in preferentially maintaining glycogen synthesis and suppressing gluconeogenesis.
NEONATAL PHYSIOLOGY
At birth, the newborn infant is removed abruptly from his or her placental glucose supply, and blood glucose concentration falls. Several hor-
monal and metabolic changes occur at birth that facilitate the adaptation necessary to maintain glu­cose homeostasis. Catecholamine levels increase
markedly right after birth, possibly as a response
to the decrease in environmental temperature and to the loss of the placenta, which is responsible for as much as 50% of the clearance of circulating fetal epinephrine.
receptor sensitivity also increase, reversing the
relatively high insulin/glucagon effectiveness ratio characteristic of fetal life.
gon and norepinephrine concentrations activate hepatic glycogen phosphorylase, which induces glycogenolysis. Simultaneously, the decreasing glu-
cose concentration and perinatal surge in fetal cortisol
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Glucagon concentrations and
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The increased gluca-
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secretion stimulate hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase activity. Together these changes lead to an increase
in hepatic glucose release.40 Increased catechol­amines also stimulate lipolysis, releasing fatty acids that can be metabolized to provide precursors for gluconeogenesis and providing energy in the
form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and cofactors such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate that enhance the activity of gluconeogenic enzymes.
Catecholamine release also activates brown fat triglyceride turnover, producing heat neces­sary for postnatal thermoregulation. The normal
postnatal decrease in insulin, augmented by the acute postnatal increase in catecholamines, combined with the increase in glucagon, induce synthesis of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), which is considered the rate-limiting enzyme in hepatic gluconeogenesis. The concentrations of PEPCK and other gluconeogenic enzymes continue to increase over the first 2 weeks of life, regardless of gestational age. These changes act in concert to provide glucose produced by the neonatal liver to replace the supply previously received via the placenta.
Maintenance of glucose homeostasis in the newborn infant depends on the balance between hepatic glucose output and glucose utilization by the brain and peripheral tissues. Hepatic glucose output is a function of rates of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. Peripheral glucose utili­zation varies with the tissue- and organ-specific metabolic demands in the neonate. Studies in normal human newborn infants using several different methods have estimated that the steady­state glucose production/utilization rate in a term neonate ranges from 3 to 5 mg/kg/min, approx-
imately twice the weight-specific rate measured in adults.43 As in the fetus, approximately half of this glucose is oxidized to CO2 during normal metabolic processes, whereas the remainder is used in nonox­idative pathways, such as glycogen and fat synthesis.
Neonatal glucose utilization increases (1) during hypoxia, because of the inherent inefficiency of anaerobic glycolysis97; (2) in the presence of hyperinsulinemia, which increases glucose uptake by insulin-sensitive tissues82; (3) in newborns with respiratory distress, because of increased respiratory muscle activity
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; and (4) during cold stress, which leads to increased sympathetic ner­vous system activity with subsequent release of norepinephrine, epinephrine, and thyroid hor­mone, which increase metabolic rate.32 If rates of
glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis do not match the rate of glucose utilization because of insufficient or excessive hormonal control mechanisms or variability of substrate supply, disturbances of glucose homeostasis occur. These disturbances are recognized clinically by the presence of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.
Data Collection
HISTORY
The history of any neonate must include a detailed
prenatal and family history. The most important information to be obtained from the infant’s history is gestational age, fetal growth, Apgar scores, and details of events in the delivery room, especially any findings that suggest the presence of significant perinatal compromise. An infant with a history
of any of the conditions listed in Box 15.1 or
Table 15.1 should be considered at high risk for
developing a problem with glucose homeostasis.
BOX
15.1
INDICATIONS FOR ROUTINE MONITORING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE FOR PREVENTION OF NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA
Maternal Conditions
• Presence of diabetes or abnormal result of glucose tolerance test
• Preeclampsia and pregnancy-induced or essential hypertension
• Previous macrosomic infants
• Substance abuse
• Treatment with beta-agonist tocolytics
• Treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents
• Late antepartum to intrapartum administration of intravenous glucose
Neonatal Conditions
• Prematurity
• Intrauterine growth restriction
• Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia
• Sepsis
• Hypothermia
• Polycythemia-hyperviscosity
• Erythroblastosis fetalis
• Iatrogenic administration of insulin
• Congenital cardiac malformations
• Persistent hyperinsulinemia
• Endocrine disorders
• Inborn errors of metabolism
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15.1
MECHANISM CLINICAL SETTING EXPECTED DURATION
Decreased substrate availability Intrauterine growth restriction Transient
Endocrine disturbances
Other endocrine disorders Immaturity of hepatic enzymes necessary for glucose production Transient
NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA: ETIOLOGY AND TIME COURSE
Prematurity Transient Reduced glycogen stores Transient Reduced fat stores Transient Reduced ketogenesis Glycogen storage disease Prolonged Inborn errors Prolonged Carbohydrate metabolism defects
• Fructose 1,6-diphosphatase deficiency
• Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency
• Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) deficiency
• Galactosemia Amino acid metabolism defects
• Propionic acidemia
• Methylmalonic academia
• Glutaric aciduria
• Maple syrup urine disease (branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydroge­nase deficiency)
Fatty acid metabolism defects
Hyperinsulinemia Infant of diabetic mother Transient
Persistent hyperinsulinism of infancy Transient Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI)
• Recessive K
• Focal K
• Dominant K
• Dominant glucokinase (GCK) HI
• Dominant glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) HI
• Short-chain 3-hyroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) HI
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome Prolonged Erythroblastosis fetalis Transient Exchange transfusion Transient Islet cell dysplasias Prolonged Maternal beta-agonist tocolytics Transient Improperly placed umbilical artery catheter Transient Inadvertent insulin administration Transient
Reduced or failed counterregulation Prolonged Hypopituitarism Prolonged
HI
ATP
(focal adenomatosis) HI
ATP
HI
ATP
Transient
Prolonged
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15.1
MECHANISM CLINICAL SETTING EXPECTED DURATION
Increased utilization Increased brain weight to body weight and liver weight ratio with increased
Miscellaneous/multiple mechanisms Sepsis Transient
NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA: ETIOLOGY AND TIME COURSE—CONT’D
Growth hormone deficiency Prolonged Hypothyroidism Prolonged Adrenal and cortisol insufficiency Variable
brain consumption of glucose Perinatal asphyxia Hypothermia Transient
Congenital heart disease Transient Central nervous system abnormalities Prolonged
Prolonged
Transient
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HYPOGLYCEMIA
Definition
The absolute blood or plasma glucose concen­tration that defines hypoglycemia as a patho­logic condition remains difficult to establish and has not been determined. Furthermore, there is no absolute correlation between blood or plasma glucose concentrations, clinical signs or symptoms, and either short-term or long-term outcomes. Instead, “reference” glucose concen­trations generally reflect the lower limit of the normal range in a specific population of new­born infants, determined by statistical analysis of data collected in that population. Thus there is no consensus about threshold glucose con­centrations below which diagnostic evaluation or treatment is mandated or that identify those infants likely to have adverse neurodevelop­mental outcome.
Published definitions of hypoglycemia range from a blood glucose concentration of less than 20 mg/dL in preterm infants and less than 30 mg/dL in term infants to a plasma concentration of less
than 45 mg/dL. suggested raising the lower limit of normal to 50 to 70 mg/dL, although others have empha-
sized that such higher concentrations should be used primarily as target values during treatment for relatively severe and symptomatic hypoglycemia rather than thresholds for instituting treatment.33
33-35
Some sources have even
Published reports fail to distinguish between thresh­old glucose concentrations below which phys­iologic responses may occur (and below which clinical monitoring may be indicated) and those below which pathologic consequences are likely to develop (thus requiring aggressive treatment). In 1992 the majority of pediatricians in one survey in the United Kingdom defined a safe glucose con­centration to be at least 36 mg/dL in blood or 45 mg/dL in plasma.
83,84
Fig. 15.1 shows that 95% of normal term infants have a blood glucose concen­tration of more than 30 mg/dL in the first 24 hours after birth and more than 45 mg/dL after 24 hours
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of age.
A number of current references use
40 to 45 mg/dL as the lower limit of “normal” plasma glucose concentrations in the first 72 hours of life. By 72 to 96 hours of age mean plasma glucose concentrations in normal infants are very similar to those seen in older children and adults.*
Using these definitions of hypoglycemia, the
overall incidence has been estimated at 1.3 to
4.4 per 1000 live births. Differences in incidence
figures probably reflect variable inclusion of data from symptomatic versus asymptomatic infants. In
preterm infants, the incidence of hypoglyce­mia is increased; estimates range from 1.5% to 5.5% (Fig. 15.2) . The incidence of hypogly- cemia in term infants with IUGR may be as
* References 3,33,76,101,102,134,146.
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200
180
Age (hr)
Plasma glucose (mg/dL)
Grams
Weeks of gestation
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140
120
(52)
100
80
60
40
20
FIGURE 15.1 Plasma glucose concentrations during the first week of life in
healthy appropriate-for-gestational-age term infants. (From Srinivasan G, Pildes RS, Cattamanchi G, et al. Plasma glucose values in normal neonates: a new look, J Pediatr. 1986;109:114.)
4500
3500
2500
1500
500
FIGURE 15.2 Incidence of neonatal hypoglycemia (blood glucose less than
30 mg/dL) by birth weight and gestational age. (From Lubchenco LO, Bard H. Incidence of hypoglycemia in newborn infants classified by birth weight and gestational age, Pediatrics. 1971;47:831.)
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(52)
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90%
10%
(69)
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( ) Number of samples
*
Mean and 95% confidence interva
26 30
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73-96
49-72
4% (2/48)
10% (12/126)
25% (11/44)
34 38 42 46
12-24
(55)
25-48
38% (6/16)
15% (9/60)
67% (10/15)
(26)
97-168
7% (1/14)
5% (2/40)
18% (2/11)
high as 25% to 50%, with an even higher rate seen in preterm small-for-gestational-age (SGA)
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infants.
Hypoglycemia also may be defined clinically as the glucose concentration in a neonate that is associated with clinical signs that resolve when glucose is administered (“symptomatic” hypo­glycemia), fulfilling Whipple’s triad: (1) low
blood glucose concentration; (2) signs consistent with neonatal hypoglycemia; and (3) resolution of signs and symptoms after restoring the blood glu­cose concentrations to normal values. This value is difficult to determine, however, because the clinical signs of hypoglycemia are nonspecific and may not be noticed initially. From a physiologic point of
view, an infant may be said to be hypoglyce­mic when glucose supply is inadequate to meet demand. Unfortunately, no method is available to
establish this value in a given infant. Infants with increased glucose utilization demand or limited capability to alter glucose delivery (which is a function of both blood supply and glucose con­centration) are at increased risk for impaired organ function at low blood glucose concentrations. Specifically, animal studies have shown that insuf­ficient glucose supply for relatively long durations (hours rather than a few minutes) may contribute to neuronal death, augment functional deficits, and increase the risk for long-term neurologic injury in the presence of cerebral hypoxia and/or isch­emia. Clinical studies suggest that this may be true also in newborn infants. However, it is not clear whether the low glucose concentrations in cases of hypoxia and ischemia contributed directly to worse outcomes or were simply a marker for those infants with more severe and prolonged metabolic compromise during hypoxia-ischemia who were, therefore, more likely to have worse outcomes. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether earlier detection of hypoglycemia, such as in the delivery room, in this population could improve subsequent neurologic outcome.
Rather than defining hypoglycemia as an absolute blood glucose value, some investigators have suggested using specific glucose concen­trations as an indicator that further manage­ment of low glucose concentrations is warranted.
Threshold values are based on evidence available in the literature (see further discussion under Treatment later in this chapter).33 This approach
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status of the infant when determining what constitutes an acceptable blood glucose con­centration. Some infants may undergo metabolic
derangements at glucose concentrations above the hypoglycemic threshold, whereas others may be able to tolerate lower concentrations of blood glucose without developing metabolic stress. An infant with polycythemia, for example, may have a normal blood glucose concentration but decreased cerebral delivery of glucose because of reduced brain plasma flow. In contrast, breastfed infants have normal substrate delivery to the brain even with “hypoglycemic” blood glucose values, because they have increased plasma concentrations of ketone bodies compared with formula-fed infants, though these concentrations are still lower than what is observed in fasting children.
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Concentrations of
ketones are even lower in preterm and IUGR/ SGA infants than in term infants who are feed­ing normally, suggesting that preterm birth and IUGR are associated with less capacity to generate alternate brain energy substrates. This
decreased capacity might increase the vulnerability of such infants to cerebral energy deficits when plasma glucose concentrations are decreased.
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In summary, the definition of the blood glucose
concentration at which intervention is indicated must be tailored to the clinical situation and the particular characteristics of a given infant. Further investigation and treatment should be instituted in the symptomatic infant at blood glucose concentrations of less than 45 mg/dL, whereas asymptomatic term infants with known risk factors should be treated if their blood glu­cose concentration is less than 36 mg/dL.
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Several authors suggest that these thresholds for intervention should be higher in preterm infants and lower in breastfed full-term infants.
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The
American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on the Fetus and Newborn has recommended differ­ent guidelines for late preterm infants and term SGA, large-for-gestational-age (LGA), and IDM infants, emphasizing initial screening, feeding if tolerated, and prompt (within 1 hour) reassess­ment for clinical signs and repeat measurement of glucose concentrations.1 The Pediatric Endocrine Society also has issued a set of guidelines that focus on targets for glucose concentrations once an infant has been identified as having hypogly-
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cemia.
However, it is important to recognize that
there have been no systematic studies to demonstrate the risks or benefits of using any specific blood glu­cose concentration as a threshold for intervention in neonatal hypoglycemia. Given the apparently wide range of glucose values associated with normal neonatal outcomes and the inherent inaccuracies in measuring glucose concentrations and the absence of a specific level below which injury inevitably occurs, any individual blood glucose measurement should be considered a one-point-in-time-only representation of the balance between glucose supply and utilization rather than as an absolute indicator of glucose suffi­ciency or insufficiency.
Hypoglycemic Neuronal Injury and Neuropathology
A schema of how hypoglycemia can contribute to neu-
ronal injury is presented in Fig. 15.3. Hypoglycemic
brain damage in the newborn infant occurs pre­dominantly in gray matter structures, although severe hypoglycemia in newborn infants may also be associated with white matter injury, particularly when the hypoglycemia occurs simultaneously with hypoxic-ischemic injury.
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Pathologic studies of such severely hypoglycemic newborn infants have shown widespread neuronal injury in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, basal ganglia, thalamus, brain­stem, and spinal cord. Late neuropathologic lesions associated with severe and prolonged low glucose concentrations include microcephaly associated with cortical atrophy and diffuse neuronal loss, as well as astrogliosis. Abnormalities may also be seen in white matter, whereas the cerebellum is generally spared. Such severe outcomes are extremely uncommon and are very seldom seen in normal clinical practice.
Neuroimaging of Hypoglycemic Injury
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed 2 to 3 weeks after such severe but very infrequent hypoglycemia demonstrates abnormal signals in the cortex, often most apparent in the occipital lobes.10 More recent neuroradiologic investiga­tions have shown a much wider variety in the
pattern of injury involving both white matter and gray matter as a consequence of severe neonatal hypoglycemia.
after severe hypoglycemia in the newborn period
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MRI-defined lesions
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Decreased glucose
availability
↑ Mitochondrial
free radicals
Change in membrane
structure
↑ Mitochondrial
DNA damage
Change in gene
expression
Altered
synaptogenesis
↑ Apoptosis
↑ Free fatty
acid release
↑ Glutamate
receptor activity
↑ Activation of proteases
and lipases
↑ Free radical generation
↑ Neuronal
necrosis
↑ Glutamate
↑ Cell swelling
↓ Glutamate
uptake
↑ Na
, Ca
Change in membrane
FIGURE 15.3 Proposed mechanism for the pathogenesis of hypoglycemic brain injury in the newborn. ATP, Adenosine 5′-triphosphate;
DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; PCr, phosphocreatine. (McGowan JE: Role of glucose in cerebral function. In Hay WW Jr, editor: Semin Neonat
Nutr Metab 1997; 4:2-3. Columbus, OH: Ross Products.)
↓ ATP/PCr
↓ ATP-dependent
ion transport
2
potential
can be transient and not associated with long-term neurologic consequences, indicating that follow-up MRI scans should be considered to determine the permanency of the lesions.
Etiology of Hypoglycemia
The causes of hypoglycemia can be grouped into several broad categories based on the mechanisms producing the hypoglycemia (see Box 15.1
15.1). These categories include inadequate substrate
supply, abnormal endocrine regulation of glucose metabolism, and increased rate of glucose utilization. There also are several proposed causes for which mechanisms are not well defined.
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INADEQUATE SUBSTRATE SUPPLY
If substrate availability is inadequate, hepatic glu­cose output will not meet metabolic demands.
Most often this results from subnormal fat and gly­cogen stores that consequently do not provide suf­ficient energy to maintain glucose homeostasis until gluconeogenesis reaches adequate levels. Because
most hepatic glycogen is accumulated during the third trimester, infants born preterm have dimin­ished glycogen stores. In the past, infants with
IUGR secondary to placental insufficiency also were considered to be at risk for decreased glycogen accu­mulation, presumably because of diminished transfer of glycogen precursors (e.g., glucose, lactate) across the placenta. In these infants, relative hypoxemia