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Diabetes Management and Exercise in Pregnant Patients With Diabetes

Author(s) -

George D. Harris,

Russell D. White

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.931

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1945-4953

pISSN - 0891-8929

DOI - 10.2337/diaclin.23.4.165

Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , type 2 diabetes , population , diabetes in pregnancy , obstetrics , metabolic control analysis , gestation , gestational diabetes , endocrinology , environmental health , genetics , physics , optics , biology

IN BRIEF Pregnancy in patients with diabetes is associated with an increasedincidence of congenital anomalies for fetuses and spontaneous abortions inwomen with poor glycemic control. Normalizing blood glucose concentrationsbefore and early in pregnancy can reduce these risks to levels of the generalpopulation. To improve outcomes, pregnant women with type 2 diabetes shouldplan their pregnancies, maintain good metabolic control of their diabetes,exercise, and take folate daily.

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