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Chapter-05 Overview of the Role of Ultrasound in the Management of Diabetic Pregnancy

BOOK TITLE: Donald School Textbook of Diabetic Pregnancy and Ultrasound

Author
1. Panchal Sonal
ISBN
9789352701964
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18036_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
30
Author Affiliations
1. Rainbow Hospitals, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dubrovnik International University, Dubrovnik, Croatia; , Dr Nagori’s Institute for Infertility and IVF; Centre of Excellence for Ian, Donald School Inter-university of Medical, Ultrasound, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Dr Nagori’s Institute for Infertility and IVF, Ahmedabad, India, Dr Nagori’s Institute for Infertility and IVF, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Dr Nagori’s Institute for Infertility and IVF, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; Dubrovnik International University, Croatia, Ahmedabad, India, Dr Nagori’s Institute for Infertility and IVF, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; Dubrovnik International University, Croatia; Ian Donald School, India
Chapter keywords
Ultrasound, diabetic pregnancy, diabetes mellitus, spontaneous abortion, intrauterine death, congenital anomaly, causative mechanism, biochemical parameter, genitourinary, holoprosencephaly

Abstract

This chapter gives overview of the role of ultrasound in the management of diabetic pregnancy. An association between diabetes mellitus in women and congenital malformations in their offspring has been suspected since the 19th century. Diabetes during pregnancy is associated with an increased rate of spontaneous abortions, intrauterine death, and several congenital anomalies involving different body systems of the fetus. This chapter covers the incidence, causative mechanism, biochemical parameters, and malformations. Diabetic embryopathy, a spectrum of congenital malformations or disruptions considered to be caused by maternal diabetes mellitus, is a diagnosis of exclusion. Small but statistically significant increase in holoprosencephaly (HPE), costovertebral, and genitourinary (GU) tract anomalies in offspring of women with gestational diabetes compared with women without diabetes.

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