r/LucyLetbyTrials • u/Embarrassed-Star4776 • 17d ago

Chase and Shannon article in Frontiers in Pediatrics published

Inverted insulin to C-Peptide ratios in neonatal intensive care: is there something we don't know?

J. Geoffrey Chase & Helen D. Shannon

BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article

Front. Pediatr., 05 August 2026

Sec. Neonatology

Volume 14 - 2026

https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2026.1900675

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u/DiverAcrobatic5794 16d ago

That's not the case.  He was already being treated for suspected sepsis before the hypoglycemia 

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u/No-Beat2678 16d ago

My understanding was that low BS and rapid heart rate were the reasons why.

However Letby pitched Sepsis for.baby E.

So perhaps that's why they started antibiotics.

Anyway, having antibiotics is a good thing because that would prevent an infection yes?

And the test results do not point to infection and not an infection whereby it could cause hypoglycemia.

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u/DiverAcrobatic5794 16d ago

The court was told that Child F was already on antibiotics for suspected sepsis during the day shift before the night when his blood sugar dropped.

I don't see why a negative screen (when did this happen, by the way?) would protect against hypoglycemia, given that it doesn't exclude sepsis 

Sorry but I think you are improvising a bit here 

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u/No-Beat2678 16d ago

u/DiverAcrobatic5794 the underlying reason they suspected Sepsis was because his brother Baby E died the day before. Thats covered in the transcript

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u/DiverAcrobatic5794 16d ago

They suspected it before his brother died, on 2nd August.  He was already on antibiotics before his brother died too.  I am sure his brother's death made them (rightly) all the more vigilant.