Pregnancy, diabetes, and birth : a management guide

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Pregnancy, diabetes, and birth : a management guide

Dorothy Reycroft Hollingsworth

Williams & Wilkins, c1992

2nd ed

Available at  / 6 libraries

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"Contributors: Dorothy R. Hollingsworth ... Denise M. Ney ... Thomas R. Moore"--P. [xiii]

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Recent advances in the understanding of diabetes mellitus and its impact on pregnancy have inspired a second edition of this practical guide for the physician. Stressing preconception counselling and diabetic control, the text offers an easily-implemented range of treatment strategies that can improve the outlook for diabetic patients and their infants.

Table of Contents

  • Preconception and early postconception counselling
  • maternal metabolic adjustments
  • maternal surveillance - assessment of diabetic control during pregnancy
  • medical and obstetrical complications of diabetic pregnancies - IDDM, NIDDM and gestational diabetes
  • foetal obstetric complications and foetal surveillance
  • intrapartum management of labour and delivery
  • postpartum management of GDM, IDPM and NIDDM - transitional care
  • infants of diabetic mothers.

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