Kemball, M. L., McIver, C., Milner, R. D. G., Nourse, C. H., Schiff, D., Tiernan, J. R. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 696. Neonatal hypoglycaemia in infants of diabetic mothers given sulphonylurea drugs in pregnancy. Three infants whose diabetic mothers were given chlorpropamide and one infant whose diabetic mother was given acetohexamide up to the time of delivery were studied ...

BACKGROUND Infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) are at increased risk for metabolic complications. Type 1 and some type 2 diabetic patients have elevated levels of the ketone bodies acetoacetate (AA) and β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB). OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine how hyperketonemia in diabetic mothers affects markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in their offspring. METHODS...

persons (Creery and Parkinson, 1953; Greenwald and Pennell, 1930; Hartmann and Jaudon, 1937; Ketteringham and Austin, 1938; McKittrick, 1940; Norval, Kennedy and Berkson, 1949; Smith, 1951; Wachter, 1949). There is less information concerning the blood sugar levels of the infants born of diabetic mothers, but the evidence suggests an early and rapid fall to a low level followed by a slow rise t...

OBJECTIVE To review our 4-year experience (2008-2011) with delivery room triage of large for gestational age infants of diabetic mothers. DESIGN/METHODS Retrospective cohort investigation of 311 large for gestational age infants of diabetic mothers (White's Class A1 (77), A2 (87), B (77), and C-R (70)). RESULTS Of 311 women, 31% delivered at 34-36 weeks gestational age and 69% at term. Whil...