PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cornblath, Marvin
AU  - Levin, Ephraim Y.
AU  - Gordon, Harry H.
TI  - STUDIES OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN THE NEWBORN
DP  - 1956 Aug 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 167--176
VI  - 18
IP  - 2
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/18/2/167.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/18/2/167.full
SO  - Pediatrics1956 Aug 01; 18
AB  - Capillary-venous differences in concentrations of blood sugar were measured in 55 newborn infants during the first 15 hours of life. The capillary-venous difference is related to the capillary level under fasting conditions. The administration of glucose by gavage in doses of 2 to 3 gm./kg. led to a prompt rise in concentration of glucose in capillary blood and an increase in capillary-venous difference. The administration of .03 µg./kg. of epinephrine led to a prompt increase in concentration of glucose in capillary blood but to a decrease in the capillary-venous difference. The relation of these findings to homeostatic mechanisms in the newborn was discussed.