Neonatology
Neurology
Emily Tam, MDCM, MAS, FFRCPC
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sudeepta Basu, MBBS, MS
Assisstant Professor
Pediatrics-Neonatology
Children's National Hospital
Children's National Hospital & The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Elana Pinchefsky, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Neurologist
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia have important implications to the developing brain, especially in newborns with neonatal encephalopathy or born preterm. This Symposium will discuss neonatal glucose homeostasis and brain metabolism with special emphasis on the newborns with high risk of neurologic injury. We will discuss the lessons learned from hypoglycemia in asymptomatic infants which can guide management of other cohorts of at-risk newborns. We will review the emerging evidence for distinct neuroimaging and electrographic phenotypes of brain injury and adverse outcomes in relation with early glycemic status in newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. We will also review the current understanding and management recommendations for disturbed glycemic status in preterm newborns with emphasis on neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Presenter: Jeffrey R. Kaiser, MD, MA – Hershey Penn State Children's Hospital
Presenter: Jane Harding, MBChB, DPhil, FRACP – Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
Presenter: Emily W.Y Tam, MDCM, MAS, FFRCPC – Hospital for Sick Children
Presenter: Sudeepta K. Basu, MBBS, MS – Children's National Hospital
Presenter: Elana Pinchefsky, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
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