Are the neonatal outcomes similar in large-for-gestational age infants delivered by women with or without gestational diabetes mellitus?


ÖNAL E. E., HIRFANOĞLU İ. M., BEKEN S., Altuntas N., TÜRKYILMAZ C., DUYAN ÇAMURDAN A., ...More

WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.8, no.2, pp.136-139, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s12519-011-0291-7
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.136-139
  • Keywords: gestational diabetes, large-for-gestational age infants, neonatal hypoglycemia, polycythemia, BIRTH-WEIGHT, FETAL, HYPOGLYCEMIA, MACROSOMIA, GROWTH
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Infants are considered large for gestational age (LGA) if their birth weight is greater than the 90th percentile for gestational age and they have an increased risk for adverse perinatal outcomes. Maternal diabetes is one of the factors affecting birthweight However there are limited data on the perinatal outcomes of infants of gestational diabetic mothers. The aim of the present study was to compare the neonatal outcomes of LGA infants delivered by women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus.