BACKGROUND: It is generally accepted that the risk of cerebral palsy decreases with increasing gestational age of live born infants. However, recent studies have shown that cerebral palsy often has prenatal antecedents including congenital malformations, vascular insults and maternal infection. Cerebral palsy is therefore better viewed as occurring among fetuses, rather than among infants. We e...

OBJECTIVE To investigate serum nesfatin-1 levels at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy in women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes and determine the association of nesfatin-1 with several metabolic parameters. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy and 30 healthy pregnant women matched in age and gestational week were included in th...

We assessed the safety of insulin lispro in gestational, type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, analysing 635 pregnancies over a period of 7 years. We also evaluated patient satisfaction, sending an internationally-accepted anonymous diabetes treatment satisfaction questionnaire to 22 patients (three type 1, 19 gestational diabetes) who received regular and lispro insulin in successive pregnancie...

This study used data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry between 1982 and 1995 to address the question of whether there is higher mortality in twins in relation to singletons of the same gestational age and to examine the optimal gestational age range for twins. A "varying-coefficient approach" was adopted to estimate the gestational age-specific relative and absolute risks of mortality in ...

Objective: To assess maternal and fetal outcomes in Jordanian women with known Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes. Methods: A retrospective medical record review was conducted on 234 pregnant women who were followed at the National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics and Gynecological Department in Jordan University Hospital between 2004 and 2009. A total of 148 subjects had G...

background maternal passive smoking or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may be a risk factor for maternal and newborn morbidity. objectives the current study aimed to assess the relationship between preterm delivery and tobacco smoke exposure in pregnant woman referring to the shabih-khani maternity hospital in kashan, iran. patients and methods an analytical retrospective cohort study w...

background: due to little attention to the combined effect of diabetes and pregnancy on mother an infant’s microelements in literatures. this study aimed to compare newborns growth parameters, apgar score, the cord blood zinc, magnesium, calcium and phosphor between pregnant women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: this prospective cohort study was conducted ...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a form of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. gdm, defined as glucose intolerance, first diagnosed or initiated during pregnancy affects 1-14% of pregnancies based on various studies. screening and early diagnosis and appropriate glycemic control can improve prenatal outcomes. telephone follow-up seems to be a reasonable way for pregnant women f...

maternal diabetes has teratogenic effects on the evolution of the fetal cardiovascular system; as a consequence, cardiovascular malformations are the most common anomalies in infants of diabetic mothers. the present study focuses on the association of all types of diabetes in mothers with the incidence of congenital cardiovascular malformations in their infants. in this retrospective case-contr...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus has adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcomes during pregnancy and after delivery. the aim of this study was evaluation of the status of scientific research in gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) in iran. methods: this study is a part of the iranian diabetes research roadmap (iddr) project. we investigated the electronic database, including pubmed,...