Hypoglycemia and the Newborn Brain
Raghavendra Rao,MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Center for Neurobehavioral Development
University of Minnesota
August 19, 2009
Teaching Objectives:
1. To understand the pathogenesis of hypoglycemia-associated brain injury in newborn infants
2. To recognize the issues related to prediction of brain injury in neonatal hypoglycemia
3. To manage neonatal hypoglycemia based on operational thresholds of plasma glucose values