title: Fetal glycaemic control and neonatal complications in diabetic pregnancy.
abstract: To examine the relationship between fetal glycaemic control and macrosomia or neonatal hypoglycaemia, we measured umbilical cord glycosylated haemoglobin (GHb) by affinity chromatography in 44 diabetic and 40 normal pregnancies. Levels of GHb in cord blood were not significantly different between these two groups, suggesting good maternal glycaemic control was achieved in the diabetic patients. Moreover in the diabetic pregnancies, cord GHb levels did not differ in infants who were macrosomic or developed hypoglycaemia by comparison with those infants who showed neither phenomenon. We conclude that overall fetal glycaemic control in the 4-6 week period prior to delivery does not appear to influence these common neonatal complications of diabetic pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Diabetic/Obstetric Clinic, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Leiper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talwar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lunan
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: MacCuish
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000097:blood; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin