Should routine peripheral blood glucose testing be done for all newborns at birth?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 264-270

  Hoops, Debra ^a   Roberts, Patrice ^a   Van Winkle, Elizabeth ^a   Trauschke, Kelly ^a   Mauton, Nicole ^a   Deghelder, Susan ^a   Scalise, Angela ^a   Jackson, Sarah ^a   Cato, Deborah ^a   Roth, Christina ^a   Jones, Anna ^a   Kautz, Martina ^a   Whaley, Leah ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemia; Point of care; Screening; Sensitivity; Specifi city

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956057421     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181e4a739     Document Type: Article

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