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However, little is known about the care for these newborns including the burden of BG measurements.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>PATIENTS AND METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This was a retrospective medical record review (July 2018 to July 2024) of newborns at least 35\u00a0weeks gestational age who had hypoglycemia screening in a university-affiliated newborn nursery and subsequently required NICU admission for IV dextrose. IV dextrose was initiated if target glucose levels per national guidelines were not achieved with buccal dextrose gel\u2009with or without\u2009oral supplementation. BG measurements before feeds typically via heel lance and point-of-care glucometers continued until euglycemia was achieved with enteral feeds alone. Descriptive statistics of newborn characteristics, number of BG measurements, and length of stay were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 7823 newborns screened for hypoglycemia in the newborn nursery, 298 (3.8%) required IV dextrose and NICU admission. Newborns who received IV dextrose experienced a median 29 (IQR, 19\u201340) BG measurements while hospitalized. More than 25% of newborns had at least 40 BG measurements and almost half had at least 30 glucose measurements. The median length of stay was 6 (IQR, 4\u20139) days.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Newborns with hypoglycemia requiring IV dextrose experience a high burden of BG measurements. Evidence-based practices along with noninvasive glucose monitoring approaches that may safely reduce the number of painful \u201cpokes\u201d during clinical care should be investigated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/hpeds.2025-008375","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,23]],"date-time":"2025-07-23T00:02:57Z","timestamp":1753228977000},"page":"e377-e381","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Burden of \u201cPokes\u201d in Newborns With Hypoglycemia Who Require IV Dextrose"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Adam","family":"Frymoyer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erika M.","family":"Monasch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ming","family":"Yeh Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David M.","family":"Maahs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,23]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"2025081908372734200_r1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1416","DOI":"10.1038\/s41372-024-02039-6","article-title":"Who\u2019s in the NICU? 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