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Jan 16th, 2021 - It is widely acknowledged that maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with increased risk of fetal macrosomia and recent studies have suggested a role for the timing and composition of GWG. To examine the effec...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disease of glucose intolerance during pregnancy and is associated with infant macrosomia, infant hypoglycemia, and increased risk of type 2 diabetes development for both mother and infant. Although breastfe...

Jan 6th, 2021 - To address the intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes, strategies promoting the health of women of reproductive age appear to be urgently needed. In this narrative review, we summarise what has been learned from many prenatal clini...

Dec 11th, 2020 - The review presents some renewed data on the problem of optimal time and modes of delivery for women with various types of diabetes mellitus (DM 1 and 2, gestational diabetes). The necessity of making the universal delivery strategy algorithm for ...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - If not detected and treated, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can cause serious pregnancy complications such as macrosomia, preeclampsia, and fetal/neonatal mortality. Many studies have examined underlying contributing factors for GDM, includin...

Dec 19th, 2019 - Suspected macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the newborn increases. The purpose of this document is t...

Dec 19th, 2019 - Suspected macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the newborn increases. The purpose of this document is t...

Jun 6th, 2019 - INTRODUCTION These Guidelines aim to describe appropriate assessment of fetal biometry and diagnosis of fetal growth disorders. These disorders consist mainly of fetal growth restriction (FGR), also referred to as intrauterine growth restriction (...

Oct 24th, 2016 - Suspected fetal macrosomia is encountered commonly in obstetric practice. As birth weight increases, the likelihood of labor abnormalities, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma, and permanent injury to the neonate increases. The purpose of this documen...

Jun 18th, 2016 - Shoulder dystocia (SD) is defined as a vaginal delivery in cephalic presentation that requires additional obstetric maneuvers to deliver the fetus after the head has delivered and gentle traction has failed. It complicates 0.5-1% of vaginal delive...

Jan 16th, 2021 - It is widely acknowledged that maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with increased risk of fetal macrosomia and recent studies have suggested a role for the timing and composition of GWG. To examine the effec...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disease of glucose intolerance during pregnancy and is associated with infant macrosomia, infant hypoglycemia, and increased risk of type 2 diabetes development for both mother and infant. Although breastfe...

Jan 6th, 2021 - To address the intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes, strategies promoting the health of women of reproductive age appear to be urgently needed. In this narrative review, we summarise what has been learned from many prenatal clini...

Dec 11th, 2020 - The review presents some renewed data on the problem of optimal time and modes of delivery for women with various types of diabetes mellitus (DM 1 and 2, gestational diabetes). The necessity of making the universal delivery strategy algorithm for ...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - If not detected and treated, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can cause serious pregnancy complications such as macrosomia, preeclampsia, and fetal/neonatal mortality. Many studies have examined underlying contributing factors for GDM, includin...

May 2nd, 2018 - A randomized, multicenter trial failed to find glyburide noninferior to insulin for treatment of gestational diabetes, investigators reported. The composite rate of macrosomia, neonatal hypoglycemia, and hyperbilirubinemia was 27.

Nov 21st, 2017 - WASHINGTON – To predict macrosomia, fetal abdominal circumference is the best single measure to obtain on ultrasound, John C. Hobbins, MD, said at the biennial meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America.

Jul 31st, 2017 - During the past 45 years, the cesarean delivery (CD) rate in the United States has increased from 5. 5% in 1970 to 33% from 2009 to 2013, followed by a small decrease to 32% in 2014 and 2015.

Jun 7th, 2017 - Gestational weight gain above or below recommended amounts is associated with increased risk for adverse maternal and infant outcomes compared with weight gain within recommended levels, a new systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 1.3 m...

Jun 7th, 2017 - Gestational weight gain above or below recommended amounts is associated with increased risk for adverse maternal and infant outcomes compared with weight gain within recommended levels, a new systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 1.3 m...