Checking blood glucose of newborn babies
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. Maternal Child Provincial Policy Working Group.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1934
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Glucose is a type of sugar. It is your baby's most important source of energy. This pamphlet answers frequently asked questions you may have about your baby's blood glucose checks. It explains which babies need these checks and how checks are done. Normal blood glucose levels are listed. This pamphlet also gives information on preventing and treating low blood glucose levels. The French version of this pamphlet 1966, "Surveillance de la glycémie chez les nouveau-nés", is also available.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neonatal Screening
- Blood Glucose
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Blood sugar
- Newborn infants--Nutrition
- Abstract
- Glucose is a type of sugar. It is your baby's most important source of energy. This pamphlet answers frequently asked questions you may have about your baby's blood glucose checks. It explains which babies need these checks and how checks are done. Normal blood glucose levels are listed. This pamphlet also gives information on preventing and treating low blood glucose levels. The French version of this pamphlet 1966, "Surveillance de la glycémie chez les nouveau-nés", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Maternal Child Provincial Policy Working Group
- Pamphlet Number
- 1934
