Things We Do for No Reason™: Reflexively testing for hypoglycemia in jittery low-risk infants
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Clement D. Lee MD, MSc
Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Division of Pediatrics, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence Clement D. Lee, MD, MSc, Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @ClementLeeMD
Search for more papers by this authorTimothy D. Nelin MD
Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLeif D. Nelin MD
Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Clement D. Lee MD, MSc
Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Division of Pediatrics, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence Clement D. Lee, MD, MSc, Tufts School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Email: [email protected]; Twitter: @ClementLeeMD
Search for more papers by this authorTimothy D. Nelin MD
Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLeif D. Nelin MD
Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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