[Maternal and neonatal metabolic complications in gestational diabetes]

ABSTRACT

We present a retrospective study of 140 cases of gestational diabetes. The objective of our study was to evaluate the frequency of infant and maternal metabolic complications associated with gestational diabetes. Maternal hypoglycaemia was the most frequent complication [11 %], while ketoacidosis was rare and occurred in only one case [0,9 %]. Neonatal metabolic complications were mostly hypoglycemia [19 %] and hypocalcemia [7%]. Pregnancy in diabetic women entail more risks than normal pregnancy. But these risks are actually limited