Neonatal hypoglycemia algorithms improve hospital outcomes.

Objective: Neonatal hypoglycemia is a common diagnosis for which management strategies vary. Our goal was to implement hypoglycemia algorithms (HGA) to streamline management of neonatal hypoglycemia within our hospital system and improve outcomes related to promoting the mother-infant dyad and decreasing hospital costs.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study analyzed data on 4,666 asymptomatic infants at risk for hypoglycemia and born at two, large, community hospitals between 2010 and 2016.

Body composition and cognition in preschool-age children with congenital gastrointestinal anomalies.

Background: Children with congenital gastrointestinal anomalies (CGIAs) experience multiple stressors while hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units during an essential time of growth and development. Early stress and inadequate nutrition are linked to altered growth patterns and later neurodevelopmental delays. In other at-risk populations, improved fat-free mass (FFM) accretion is associated with improved cognitive outcomes.

Body Composition Changes from Infancy to 4 Years and Associations with Early Childhood Cognition in Preterm and Full-Term Children.

Background: Infants born prematurely are at risk for neurodevelopmental complications. Early growth is associated with improved later cognition. The relationship of early proportionality and body composition with later cognition is not well established.