Thirty one term large for gestational age (LGA) infants of non-diabetic mothers were compared with 30 appropriate for gestational age controls. Median absolute nucleated red blood cell counts, lymphocyte counts, and packed cell volumes were significantly higher in the LGA infants than the controls. It is possible that LGA babies of non-diabetic mothers are exposed to relative intrauterine hypoxia.

A diabetes-like state was induced by intravenous injection of a single dose of streptozotocin (SZ), 45mg/kg, in pregnant rats and the cholesterol level in the tissues of. the mothers and their infnats was examined during the early postpartum period. The following results were obtained. 1) The infants of the diabetic mothers were smaller than the infants of normal mothers and were markedly hyper...

To determine the feasibility of using a real-time continuous glucose monitoring system (RTGMS) in intensive care units, our study focus on preterm infants with diabetic mothers owing to their high risk of blood sugar abnormalities. Thirty preterm babies (M = 15 and F = 15; ≤ 36 week gestation age) were studied from within 72 hours of delivery. These babies were admitted to the newborn intensive...

Diabetes effects start in utero and affect neonates, infants, children and adolescent. Gestational diabetes may have overwhelming effects on the embryonic heart as well as the infants born to diabetic mothers. The neonates and infants suffering this metabolic disease may have considerable cardiovascular effects [1]. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a well known condition observed in infants of di...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that language is affected in infants of diabetic mothers, yet there have been no systematic investigations to address this question. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to compare infants of diabetic mothers and controls on language outcomes from ages 18 months to 7 years. METHODS This was a case-control longitudinal design with 2 birth cohorts: 1835 singletons...

A prospective study was performed comparing bilirubin concentrations in 10 breast fed term infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) to those of 10 breast fed normal term infants. The ,-glucuronidase concentrations in serum and breast milk were assayed in the respective mothers. Significantly higher bilirubin concentrations were noted in the IDM group. Serum and breast milk P-glucuronidase concentratio...