All issues > Volume 26(2); 1983

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(2):124-129. Published online February 28, 1983.

Hyperglycemia in Stressed Premature Infants.

Heung Kyu Kim¹, Kyung Ho Kim¹

¹Dept of Ped, Kwang Ju Christian Hospital, Kwang Ju, Korea

Abstract

The blood glucose response to a constant glucose infusion were measured in 62 premature infants weighing 1,000 to 2,200 gm. The study includes 32 stressed premature infants who had respiratory distress, Necrotizing enterocolitis, premature rupture of membranes, sepsis and 30 control premature infants. During the first three hours of life, the glucose values were similar in both stressed and the control groups. During the four hours after the infusion, the glucose values were showed no signficant difference in both groups. Hyperglycemia was seen in 22 of the stressed and in 24 of the control premature infants with blood glucose values above 145 mg%. We have not measured cortisol, Insulin and glycerol level in neither of these group. The etiology of the hyperglycemia in stressed premature infants is not explained by this study.

Keywords :Stressed premature infants; hyperglycemia.