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How fast does hyglocacimia take to start causing brain damage in a new born? Minutes? Hours? Or days ? Is a new born with a read ing of 1.8 1.4 a bad reading.?
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There no proven limit for hypoglycemia.. but if it happens it will cause damages to brain in seconds to minutes. In newborn generally blood glucose less then 40 mg/dl is called hypoglycemia.
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