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ReviewNutrients2023

Hypoglycemia in Children: Major Endocrine-Metabolic Causes and Novel Therapeutic Perspectives.

Alessia Quarta, Daniela Iannucci, Miriana Guarino, Annalisa Blasetti, Francesco Chiarelli

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07533318 (A Study of Endocrine, Metabolic, and Genetic Risk Factors of Pediatric Persistent Hypoglycemia at Sohag University Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07533318 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Study of Endocrine, Metabolic, and Genetic Risk Factors of Pediatric Persistent Hypoglycemia at Sohag University Hospital

TypeobservationalSponsorSohag UniversityRan2026 to 2028Enrolled50ConditionsHypoglycaemia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alessia QuartaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Gabriele D'Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4250-4867
Daniela IannucciDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Gabriele D'Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Miriana GuarinoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Gabriele D'Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5761-6848
Annalisa BlasettiDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Gabriele D'Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Francesco ChiarelliDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Gabriele D'Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoglycemia is due to defects in the metabolic systems involved in the transition from the fed to the fasting state or in the hormone control of these systems. In children, hypoglycemia is considered a metabolic-endocrine emergency, because it may lead to brain injury, permanent neurological sequelae and, in rare cases, death. Symptoms are nonspecific, particularly in infants and young children. Diagnosis is based on laboratory investigations during a hypoglycemic event, but it may also require biochemical tests between episodes, dynamic endocrine tests and molecular genetics. This narrative review presents the age-related definitions of hypoglycemia, its pathophysiology and main causes, and discusses the current diagnostic and modern therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

Brain InjuriesHypoglycemiaCausalityChildChild, PreschoolDisease ProgressionHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInfantHypoglycemic Agentsendocrine hypoglycemiaglucose homeostasishypoglycemiainborn errors of metabolism

Identifiers

PMID37630734
PMCPMC10459037

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