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Does a lower interventional glucose threshold affect neurodevelopment in at-risk neonates?

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The Journal club is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics—Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and the International Society of Evidence-based Neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Carolyn McGann, Sarah A. Coggins

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  1. Division of Neonatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Carolyn McGann & Sarah A. Coggins

  2. Division of Neonatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Kevin Dysart

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McGann, C., Coggins, S.A. & Dysart, K. Does a lower interventional glucose threshold affect neurodevelopment in at-risk neonates?. J Perinatol 41, 1180–1183 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00921-1

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