[Blood glucose in the full-term newborn infant in the 1st hour following birth].

Blood glucose (BG) concentrations were measured in cordblood and in capillary blood 15 and 60 min after birth in 672 consecutive full term newborns with adequate birth weight and without major perinatal complications. The glucose oxydase method was used. The results (mean +/- 1 SD) were in umbilical vein 67.