The evaluation of hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, hyponatremia or hypernatremia in newborn with diffusion MRI

Hypoglycemia is one of the most common metabolic disorders. Hypoglycemia is known to children for centuries. Determined to be an important part of the etiology of idiopathic hypoglycemia.The blood glucose values lower than 50 mg/dl are emergency and should be treated. Hyperglycemia, a term that referred to the rise in blood glucose levels. Hyperglycemia in the neonatal period is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Over serum sodium (Na +) level of 150 mEq / l is on is called hypernatremia. Hypernatremia is one of the most common fluid and electrolyte balance disorders of the newborn period and an extremely important problem that can cause death. Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder in hospitalized children. Hyponatremia is over serum sodium level 130 mEq / l. Our study includes 36 hypoglycemic, hyperglycemic, hypernatremic, hyponatremic term newborns. The patients were divided into three groups. The first group consists of patients with hypoglycemia and diffusion restriction on diffusion-weighted brain MRI. The second group consists of patients with hypoglycemia and without diffusion restriction on diffusion-weighted brain MRI. The third group consists of patients with hypernatremia. The patients were evaluated with brain MRI and diffusion-weighted brain MRI in the acute period.As a result of our study, in term newborns patients with sodium and glucose levels abnormalities should be evaluated with acute diffusion-weighted brain MRIKeywords: Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia, Hypernatremia, Hyponatremia, Diffusion-weighted imaging