Table 3.

Risk factors associated with hypoglycemia.

Maternal conditions
Diabetes or altered glucose tolerance Preeclampsia/eclampsia or hypertension Earlier pregnancy with a large infant Treatment with tricyclic antidepressants Treatment with serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors Treatment with tocolytics Treatment with beta blockers Drug abuse Family history of a genetic form of hypoglycemia Congenital syndromes (eg, Beckwith-Wiedemann)
Infant conditions
Premature birth (<37 weeks) Small for gestational age (SGA < 10th percentile) Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) Large for gestational age (LGA >90th percentile) Discordant twin (weight discordance > 10%) Low birth weight (< 2,500 g) Sepsis Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia Rhesus disease Polycythemia Hypothermia (temperature ≤ 35°C) Respiratory distress Erythroblastosis fetalis Beckwith-Weidman Syndrome Delayed start of breastfeeding