title: [Newborn of diabetic mother].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Shows the general findings in a cohort of newborn babies born to diabetic mothers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective and observational study, during a year (1988).
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital de Ginecoobstetricia del Centro Médico "La Raza", a terciary Center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 92 newborn babies born to diabetic mothers; 62 were delivery with cesarean section and 30 were vaginally; 51 were males and 41 females; with 49% prematurelly born, 38% with macrosomia; there were eight stillbirths and four neonatal deaths, with a perinatal mortality of 13%. From the live born babies in 50% had any problem with icterus in 40%, respiratory insufficiency in 22.5%, hypoglycemia in 16.2% and polycytemia in 13%; 44.5% had an uncomplicate course. There were five patients with congenital anomalies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The newborn baby born to diabetic mother needed a special control from early stages of pregnancy, preferable for a interdisciplinary medical team, with the goal to obtained in our perinatal mortality rate will be similar to published in the international literature, lesser of 2%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neonatología, Hospital de Ginecobstetricia del Centro Médico La Raza, México DF.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Corral-Valles
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez-Gómez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ablanedo-Aguirre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canales-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Recién nacido hijo de madre diabética.