Results of 312 pregnancies among white class B-F mothers in northern Jutland from 1976 to 1992.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the outcome of all pregnancies among White class B-F mothers in the county of Northern Jutland from 1976 to 1992.


METHODS
Retrospective, hospital record based study.


METHODS
Eleven hospitals, of which the Department of Obstetrics in Aalborg has been appointed regional centre for care of all diabetic pregnancies in the county, covering approximately 550,000 inhabitants.


METHODS
312 consecutive, unselected planned pregnancies among 223 women with White class B-F diabetes mellitus delivering in the county of Northern Jutland from 1976 to 1992.


RESULTS
Thirty-two (10.2%) pregnancies terminated with spontaneous abortions and ten (3.2%) abortions were induced for medical reasons. There were eleven (4.0%) perinatal deaths of which one had lethal malformations. Ten (3.6%) babies had major malformations. HbA1c values varied from 7.4% (n = 171) in the first to 6.6% (n = 216) in the third trimester.


CONCLUSIONS
The perinatal mortality is in the upper range of contemporary published series with late intrauterine stillbirths as the main problem. To improve detection of fetal distress in late pregnancy, our observational program has been intensified.
Nielsen
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Department of Obstetrics, Aalbborg Hospital.
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D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies