title: [Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy. Treatment and results from a central hospital].
abstract: During the years 1972-1988, 166 pregnant diabetics gave birth to 178 children at Herning Central Hospital. A regimen of meticulous diabetologic and obstetric control was used. The mean duration of pregnancy at delivery was 37 weeks. Induced vaginal delivery was used in 31%, Caesarean section was preferred in 51%. The total perinatal mortality was 3.9%. Among the 171 pregnancies, three developed diabetic precoma, 15 developed preeclampsia and 41 had urinary tract infection. Birth weight over the 90th centile was seen in 15.3%. The frequency of congenital malformations was 2.8%; 1.1% slight and 1.7% severe malformations.
authors.affiliation: Herning Centralsygehus, gynaekologisk-obstetrisk afdeling.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kristiansen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Byrjalsen
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Asfeldt
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*