Are clinically stable very low birthweight infants at risk for recurrent tissue glucose fluctuations even after fully established enteral nutrition?
Clinically stable well-developing preterm infants beyond their initial period of intensive care show interstitial glucose instabilities exceeding values as low as 2.5 mmol/L and as high as 8.3 mmol/L. This novel observation may play an important role for the susceptibility of these high-risk infants for the development of the metabolic syndrome.
HGF/c-Met pathway activation is associated with SLNM of the central neck in PTMC.