The placenta in diabetes in pregnancy
NORMAL DEVELOPMENT The placenta is a complex organ that is essential for fetal growth and development. It fulfils a wide spectrum of functions, among which the transport of maternal fuels…
Insulin regimens in pregnancy
BACKGROUND Before the advent of insulin in 1922, pregnancy in a woman who had diabetes was uncommon and perinatal mortality rates ranged from 40% to 60%. While the discovery of…
5 Delivery and postdelivery care
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Historical context of hyperglycemia in pregnancy
It is impossible to say how many of the women really had true diabetes mellitus in a severe form, as the data are lacking, but it is fairly certain that…
Autonomic neuropathy in diabetes in pregnancy
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Oral hypoglycemic agents in pregnancy
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Pathophysiology of diabetes in pregnancy
MATERNAL METABOLIC ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY Pregnancy is a period of significant maternal metabolic adaptations. Teleologically, the changes in maternal anatomy and physiology are thought to occur to support the growth…
Diagnosis of hyperglycemia in pregnancy
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The Theory of Neoductgenesis
Chapter 3 The Theory of Neoductgenesis A proposal to explain the divergent nature of a special subtype of breast cancer presenting with casting type calcifications and/or an asymmetric density with…
Description of Calcifications Localized within the Ducts
Chapter 1 Description of Calcifications Localized within the Ducts General Introduction Whenever calcifications areseen on the mammogram, the radiologist should attempt to determine the anatomical cavity within which the calcifications…
