Randomized Clinical TrialPharmacology
Prophylactic Dextrose Gel Reduces Neonatal Hypoglycemia but Not NICU Admission
A large international study found that giving a small dab of sweet sugar gel to newborns at risk of low blood sugar slightly lowered how often those babies developed the problem, but did not reduce how many ended up needing care in the neonatal intensive care unit. The gel was safe, did not…