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The nurse is caring for an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit who has growth hormone deficiency. what critical issues should the nurse carefully monitor for in this infant

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The answer to this question would be: Hypoglycemia and seizures

Neonates with growth hormone deficiency have a higher risk of hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is a condition where the blood glucose level is too low. Brain tissue only uses glucose as energy so hypoglycemia is dangerous to the brain. In neonates, hypoglycemia symptoms would be a seizure.

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