Prognosis for babies born to diabetic mothers in Edinburgh.

The physical features and perinatal hazards of infants of diabetic mothers are well known. There are fewer reports, however, about the later progress of surviving children, though the experience of this hospital and university department has been published (Farquhar, 1959, 1965). The outcome of all viable pregnancies at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion between 1948 and 1966 is reviewed here with regard to perinatal mortality, congenital malformations, other important health problems, the growth of survivors, and the occurrence of clinical diabetes mellitus.