Oral dextrose gel for the treatment of hypoglycaemia in newborn infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Weston, Philip J ^a   Harris, Deborah L ^a,b   Battin, Malcolm ^c   Brown, Julie ^b   Hegarty, Joanne E ^b,c   Harding, Jane E ^b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GEL; PLACEBO;

BREAST FEEDING; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHILD CARE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; GELS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964797358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011027.pub2     Document Type: Review

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