Pregnancy in Diabetics - Blood
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Experiences of professional support during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative study of women with type 1 diabetes.

Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Women with type 1 diabetes are at high risk of complications during both pregnancy and childbirth. Stringent monitoring of blood sugar is required in order to improve the chance of giving birth to a healthy child; however, this increases ... Read more...

Cause of death in infants of women with pregestational diabetes mellitus and the relationship with glycemic control.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Perinatal mortality remains high among infants of mothers with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although high glucose levels have been implicated, the mechanism is not well understood. AIMS: 1) to identify the causes of stillbirth ... Read more...

Fetal cardiac effects of maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy.

30 May 2009 Maternal diabetes mellitus is associated with increased teratogenesis, which can occur in pregestational type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Cardiac defects and with neural tube defects are the most common malformations observed in fetuses of pregestational ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy in Diabetics - Blood'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Experiences of professional support during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative study of women with type 1 diabetes. Jul 2009
• Cause of death in infants of women with pregestational diabetes mellitus and the relationship with glycemic control. 29 Jun 2009
• Fetal cardiac effects of maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy. 30 May 2009
• Management of type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes in pregnancy. 30 May 2009
• Circulating and placental growth-differentiation factor 15 in preeclampsia and in pregnancy complicated by diabetes mellitus. 24 May 2009
• Near-optimal glycemic control in Chilean women with pregestational type-2 diabetes: persistent macrosomia relates to maternal pre-pregnancy overweight. 12 May 2009
• Breastfeeding and the basal insulin requirement in type 1 diabetic women. 29 Apr 2009
• Watchful waiting: a management protocol for maternal glycaemia in the peripartum period. 30 Mar 2009
• Offspring of diabetic pregnancy: short-term outcomes. 30 Mar 2009
• The relationship of serum AGE levels in diabetic mothers with adverse fetal outcome. 10 Mar 2009
• Alpha-lipoic acid reduces congenital malformations in the offspring of diabetic mice. 27 Feb 2009
• Effects of maternal glycemia on fetal heart rate in pregnancies complicated by pregestational diabetes mellitus. 27 Feb 2009
• Neonatal glucose metabolism in offspring of mothers with varying degrees of hyperglycemia during pregnancy. 18 Feb 2009
• Glycation endproducts, soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and cytokines in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies. 30 Jan 2009
• Status of essential trace metals in biological samples of diabetic mother and their neonates. 22 Jan 2009
• Influence of glycemic control on fetal lung maturity in gestations affected by diabetes or mild hyperglycemia. 30 Dec 2008
• Vascular complications in diabetic pregnancy. 30 Dec 2008
• Relation of glucose control in diabetic pregnancy to fetal cholesterol homeostasis. 30 Dec 2008
• Improvement of fertility with adoptive CD25+ natural killer cell transfer in subfertile non-obese diabetic mice. 30 Dec 2008
• New modalities in the treatment of pregnancies complicated by diabetes: drugs and devices. 16 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy in Diabetics'

Definition: The state of PREGNANCY in women with DIABETES MELLITUS. This does not include either symptomatic diabetes or GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE induced by pregnancy (DIABETES, GESTATIONAL) which resolves at the end of pregnancy.

Descriptor UI: D011254

Alternative terms: Pregnancy in Diabetics; Pregnancy in Diabetic; Pregnancy in Diabetes; Pregnancy in Diabete;

Related Mesh Headings: Diabetes, Gestational;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703.726;

History Note: 2001(1965)

Technical Notes: DIABETES MELLITUS, not DIABETES INSIPIDUS; coordinate IM with specific type of diabetes mellitus (IM) if pertinent; DF: PREGN IN DIABETES