title: Modern management of the diabetic pregnancy.
abstract: The effect of modern antepartum and intrapartum fetal monitoring technics on the outcome of the pregnancy complicated with diabetes was studied by comparing the perinatal mortality of 2 groups of patients whose management differed primarily by the use of these tests. The perinatal death rate was halved to 9.2%, and when corrected for major congenital defects and referred fetal deaths it was 5.3%. Modern fetal diagnostic tests clearly add a degree of objectivity in the management of the diabetic pregnancy not previously available.
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology; D010121:Oxytocin; D010925:Placental Function Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000628:therapy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin