Asymptomatic Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia and Grade 4 Intraventricular Hemorrhage in a Late Preterm Infant

• Main Authors: Janlie L. Banas MD (Author), Bhavani Viswalingam MBBS (Author), Victor Samuel Rajadurai FAMS (Author), Fabian Yap FRCPCH (Author), Suresh Chandran FRCPCH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH) has the potential to cause acute neurologic dysfunction and neurodevelopmental impairment. Parieto-occipital neuronal injuries have been reported in hypoglycemic infants, but intraparenchymal hemorrhage is rare. On day 5 of life, a late preterm infant was transferr...