Real-time continuous glucose monitoring reduces the duration of hypoglycemia episodes: a randomized trial in very low birth weight neonates.

Objectives: Hypoglycemia is frequent in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates and compromises their neurological outcome. The aim of this study was to compare real-time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGMS) to standard methods by intermittent capillary blood glucose testing in detecting and managing hypoglycemia.

Study Design: Forty-eight VLBW neonates were enrolled in this prospective study.

Respiratory outcome in children with scimitar syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate respiratory morbidities and lung function tests in the cohort of patients with scimitar syndrome evaluated at our center since 1976.

Study Design: Eighty-one children were investigated. Twenty-six patients died, all with the infantile form.