RT Book, Section A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy A1 Eyal, Fabien G. A1 Bany-Mohammed, Fayez SR Print(0) ID 1168356825 T1 Hyperglycemia T2 Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259644818 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168356825 RD 2024/03/29 AB The nurse reports an infant has a high blood glucose level of 240 mg/dL. Hyperglycemia is very common in premature low birthweight and extremely low birthweight infants and in extremely sick or stressed newborn infants. There is no universally accepted set definition of hyperglycemia in the newborn. An operational definition, a blood glucose level that triggers an osmotic diuresis, has yet to be defined by sufficient evidence. The treatment of hyperglycemia is also controversial. Following are some of the definitions used in the literature: