Abstract: Objective: To evaluate and analyze the quality of clinical guidelines concerning prevention and management of neonatal hypoglycemia, so as to provide recommendations for reducing incidence of hypoglycemia and offer reference frame for clinical nursing. Methods: The included guidelines were recruited from websites of international guidelines, academy societies or institutions, and other relevant electronic databases (from inception to January 31st 2020). Results: Nine guidelines were included, four of which were evidence-based guidelines, three were expert consensus and the other two were about best practices. Evaluated according to AGREE II one of the four evidence-based guidelines was rated level A and the rest three were rated level B. Totally 14 recommendations which could be divided into three dimensions were summarized from nine guidelines. Conclusion: The overall quality of the included guidelines is high. There are yet no such evidence-based guidelines for China in this field, so national conditions and healthcare settings should be considered before referring to these recommendations in clinical practice.

Key words: neonatal hypoglycemia; clinical guidelines; evidence-based nursing; AGREE II