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Background: Affecting up to 15% of term and late-preterm infants, transient neonatal hypoglycemia (NH) is a common management challenge in the newborn nursery. Though the World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Institutes of Health agree on the nutritional value of early breastfeeding, the volume of breast milk within the first 48 hours following birth is often low and breast milk during this period is high in protein but lower in carbohydrate than mature milk. Similarly, expressed breast milk often has insufficient volume or substrate content for adequate correction of … |
