Pregnancy in Diabetics
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Pregnancy in type 2 diabetes mellitus--problems & promises.

30 Jul 2009 The parallel epidemics of obesity and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are progressing rapidly in Australia. The high prevalence of obesity and sedentary lifestyle in the population, compounded by later child bearing, has led to an increase in the prevalence ... Read more...

Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy.

30 Jul 2009 Pregnancy in a diabetic woman brings about many changes that can lead to the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) or worsening of pre-existing disease. In some patients this may develop into sight threatening disease which, if not treated ... Read more...

Influence of maternal hyperglycaemia on cord blood mononuclear cells in response to diabetes-associated autoantigens.

30 Jul 2009 Perfect maternal diabetes compensation is crucial for the outcome of the baby. However, little is known how hyperglycaemia influences the specific immune response. Furthermore, babies of type 1 diabetes (T1D) mothers have less risk of development ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy in Diabetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pregnancy in type 2 diabetes mellitus--problems & promises. 30 Jul 2009
• Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy. 30 Jul 2009
• Influence of maternal hyperglycaemia on cord blood mononuclear cells in response to diabetes-associated autoantigens. 30 Jul 2009
• Experiences of professional support during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative study of women with type 1 diabetes. Jul 2009
• ATLANTIC DIP: pregnancy outcome for women with pregestational diabetes along the Irish Atlantic seaboard. 29 Jun 2009
• Cause of death in infants of women with pregestational diabetes mellitus and the relationship with glycemic control. 29 Jun 2009
• [Diabetology 2009] 8 Jun 2009
• Oral inflammatory burden and preterm birth. 30 May 2009
• Neonatal hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and monogenic diabetes due to a heterozygous mutation of the HNF4A gene. 30 May 2009
• Pregnancy outcomes in diabetes subtypes: how do they compare? A province-based study of Ontario, 2005-2006. 30 May 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
• Reducing stillbirths: screening and monitoring during pregnancy and labour. 5 May 2009
• Overweight and the metabolic syndrome in adult offspring of women with diet-treated gestational diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes. 3 May 2009
• Breastfeeding and the basal insulin requirement in type 1 diabetic women. 29 Apr 2009
• Perinatal outcomes in pregnancies managed with antenatal insulin glargine. 13 Apr 2009
• Intrapartum performance of patients presenting with diabetes mellitus in pregnancy. 4 Apr 2009
• Diabetes crisis in pregnancy: a case report. 30 Mar 2009

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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