Advances in management of Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy

Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Dec;11(6):557-62. doi: 10.1097/00001703-199912000-00004.

Abstract

Obstetricians will need to update themselves on the recent changes in terminology and in diagnostic criteria for Type 1 diabetes mellitus. This still remains a high-risk obstetric situation, in spite of optimistic reports from centres of excellence. Pregnancy-associated hypertension may be closely related to insulin resistance. A number of concepts and hypotheses are based on the central role of insulin in fetal development.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Insulin / physiology
  • Insulin / therapeutic use
  • Insulin Resistance / physiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / complications
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / metabolism
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / therapy*
  • Pregnancy, High-Risk*
  • Prenatal Care
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin