Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (pGDM) is a common condition and has been associated with future development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in women affected. The pathogenesis and risk factors implicated in the development of these conditions later in the lives of women with pGDM are not as yet fully understood. Research has recently focused on a group of ...

To describe and compare the clinical outcome of infants born to mothers with gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus, this study was conducted between January 2000 to January 2002 in Tehran vali-E-- -Asr Hospital. Among 4472 deliveries, we found 107 infants born to diabetic mothers out of whom 6 were twins. The prevalence of diabetes in total deliveries was 2.39%. Mean age of gesta...

the possible effect of iron supplementation has been investigated in the normal population and patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm). in this study, we survey the risk factors of gdm in pregnant women in contrast with normoglycemic patients in a case control study in patients using iron supplement. this case control study conducted on 52 pregnant women with gdm (25 women with type a...

Objetivo: Analisar as evidências científicas a cerca do diagnóstico de Hipertensão arterial (HAS) e Diabete Mellitus (DM) em pacientes portadores insuficiência renal crônica diálise no Brasil? Método: Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa da literatura, conduzida por revisora nas bases dados PubMed, Web of Science, SciELO LILACS. Foram estabelecidos como critérios elegibilidade: estudos observa...

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are associated with changes of the immune system. These changes might eventually result in autoimmune diseases, such as Graves' disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus, in the postpartum period. We describe a case of a patient with gestational diabetes who developed both Graves' disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus in the postpartum period. The pathology of gest...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common medical complications in pregnancy, which is associated with many serious consequences for mother and her fetus. Body mass index (BMI) in pregnant women is considered as one of most effective factor for the incidence of GDM. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between BMI at pregnant women in the early...

OBJECTIVE To correlate clinical variables (gestational age, severe pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, history of previous cesarean sections, fetal distress, perinatal mortality, postpartum anemia, Apgar score < or = 3 at 1 minute and < or = 7 at 5 minutes, and instrumental delivery) with postpartum endometritis (PPE) and wound infection. METHODS Descriptive cross-s...

background: ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. the objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during ramadan. methods: this was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...