Diabetes in pregnancy
โ Scribed by Drury, M I
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-8170
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Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and its prevalence is rising. The management of this condition involves the co-ordinated care of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of endocrinologists, obstetricians, midwives and dieticians. This review concentrates on
A 28 -year -old woman with a 23 -year history of Type 1 diabetes and a 2 -year history of diabetic nephropathy presented in her fi rst pregnancy. BP (114/75 mmHg) and serum creatinine were normal, but urinary albumin excretion was elevated at 941 mg/24 h on an ACE inhibitor and diuretic treatment. S
mostly close to target and HbA1c was 6.6%. However, after that visit she failed to attend for her scheduled joint diabetes antenatal clinic review appointments and could not be contacted by the diabetes specialist midwife or her family doctor. On initial assessment her pulse was 118 bpm, blood pres