Early postnatal hypoglycaemia in newborn infants of diabetic mothers |
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Authors: | E Stenninger J Schollin J Åman |
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Institution: | Department of Paediatrics, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This study found that early postnatal hypoglycaemia was mainly induced by foetal hyperinsulinaemia, in close relation to maternal hyperglycaemia. even in well-controlled pregnancies of 59 mothers with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus, 29 with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 30 with gestational diabetes mellitus. Ten of the newborn children (17%) had a blood glucose concentration below 1.0mmol 1-1 at 2h postnatally. Cord insulin-like growth factor-1 or glucagon concentrations were not related to the early decline of blood glucose. |
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Keywords: | Hypoglycaemia insulin-treated diabetes mellitus newborn infants |
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