Pictorial Essay: Infants of diabetic mothers
About 3 to 10% of pregnancies are complicated by glycemic control abnormalities. Maternal diabetes results in significantly greater risk for antenatal, perinatal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality, as well as congenital malformations. The number of diabetic mothers is expected to rise,...
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doaj-70d6351dea5445acb7bdd43be625f3002021-07-02T05:22:40ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082010-01-01203174181Pictorial Essay: Infants of diabetic mothersAlorainy IbrahimBarlas NaumanAl-Boukai AmerAbout 3 to 10% of pregnancies are complicated by glycemic control abnormalities. Maternal diabetes results in significantly greater risk for antenatal, perinatal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality, as well as congenital malformations. The number of diabetic mothers is expected to rise, as more and more of the obese pediatric female population in developed and some developing countries progresses to childbearing age. Radiologists, being part of the teams managing such pregnancies, should be well aware of the findings that may be encountered in infants of diabetic mothers. Timely, accurate, and proper radiological evaluation can reduce morbidity and mortality in these infants. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the imaging findings in the various pathological conditions involving the major body systems in the offspring of women with diabeteshttp://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2010;volume=20;issue=3;spage=174;epage=181;aulast=AlorainyBirth defects; diabetic mothers; maternal diabetes |
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Alorainy Ibrahim Barlas Nauman Al-Boukai Amer Pictorial Essay: Infants of diabetic mothers Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging Birth defects; diabetic mothers; maternal diabetes |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
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Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging |
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0971-3026 1998-3808 |
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About 3 to 10% of pregnancies are complicated by glycemic control abnormalities. Maternal diabetes results in significantly greater risk for antenatal, perinatal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality, as well as congenital malformations. The number of diabetic mothers is expected to rise, as more and more of the obese pediatric female population in developed and some developing countries progresses to childbearing age. Radiologists, being part of the teams managing such pregnancies, should be well aware of the findings that may be encountered in infants of diabetic mothers. Timely, accurate, and proper radiological evaluation can reduce morbidity and mortality in these infants. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the imaging findings in the various pathological conditions involving the major body systems in the offspring of women with diabetes |
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Birth defects; diabetic mothers; maternal diabetes |
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