Pregnancy in diabetes.
For patients with preconception diabetes, the most important aspect is the need for good glycemic control pre conception to lessen the risk of congenital malformations. Careful assessment of diabetes complications is essential prepregnancy. In the absence of major complications, good glycemic control gives the pregnant diabetic patient the same chance for a healthy baby as the rest of the population. Pregnancy alters carbohydrate tolerance, and thus gestational diabetes should be screened for and, when found, treated aggressively with dietary intervention, glucose monitoring, and insulin if good glycemic control has not been attained. These patients are at greatly increased risk for diabetes in the long term.
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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