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Early postnatal hypoglycaemia in newborn infants of diabetic mothers
Author(s) -
Stenninger E.,
Schollin J.,
Åman J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb14916.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , insulin , endocrinology , gestational diabetes , cord blood , hypoglycemia , glucagon , pregnancy , gestation , biology , genetics
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.