title: Outcome of diabetic pregnancies in Waikato: five year experience.
abstract: The outcome of diabetic pregnancies in Waikato Hospital from 1979-1984 was reviewed. Overall perinatal mortality in the 61 deliveries was 69/1000 births but in the 38 deliveries whose antenatal care included close diabetic control, the perinatal mortality was 26/1000 births. The national perinatal mortality has improved from 12.2/1000 births in 1979 to 9.6/1000 in 1983 (provisional) with an overall rate of 11.0/1000 births. Improved outcome of diabetic pregnancies both in terms of reduced perinatal mortality and reduced neonatal and maternal complications depends on meticulous blood glucose control throughout pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D006831:Polyhydramnios; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose