Revisiting type II diabetes mellitus in pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes such as in thyroidology: do you mind?
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.)
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69(3): 447-451, Mar. 2023. tab
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ABSTRACT
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE:
There is an increase in the prevalence of pre-gestational diabetes in the past decades, mainly due to the increase in the prevalence of obesity in the general population and consequently type 2 diabetes among women of reproductive age.METHODS:
This study purposed to describe the delivery characteristics, pregnancy complications, and outcomes among women in Serbia with the pre-gestational type 2 diabetes in the past decade, as well as their pregnancy complications, deliveries, and neonatal outcomes. The study included data from all the pregnant women with pre-gestational type 2 diabetes in Belgrade, Serbia during the period between 2010 and 2020. The final sample consisted of 138 patients.RESULTS:
More than half, i.e., 70 (50.7%) had a vaginal delivery, while 48 (34.8%) had elective and 20 (14.5%) had emergency caesarean sections. Throughout the period, there was 1 patient with preeclampsia (0.7%), 5 with pregnancy-induced hypertension (3.6%), 7 had newborns with small for gestational age (5.1%), 28 with macrosomia (20.3%), 12 (8.7%) had preterm births, and one-fifth, i.e., 28 (20.3%) of the newborns had Apgar score under 8.CONCLUSION:
The present study revealed that women with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy have a significant burden of pregnancy complications, related to pregnancy, delivery, and newborns.
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.)
Journal subject:
EducaÆo em Sa£de
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GestÆo do Conhecimento para a Pesquisa em Sa£de
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Medicine
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
General Hospital of Novi Pazar/RS
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Giresun Üniversitesi/TR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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University Clinical Centre of Serbia/RS
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Univerzitet u Beogradu/RS
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