%0 Journal Article
%T Fetal Macrosomia in the Diabetic Woman
%A Marlena Pascu
%A Ruxandra D nciulescu Miulescu
%A C. Ionescu-T rgoviste
%J Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10255-012-0006-4
%X Diabetes mellitus complicates up to 10% of pregnancies, while in Romania the incidence is this under 5%. In most of the cases we are talking about gestational diabetes, while only in 0.1 - 0.3% of the cases, the diabetes was pregestational (mainly Type 1 diabetes and rarely Type 2 diabetes or Mody). The study we conducted concerned the incidence of macrosomia in the general population; in the study we investigated 3,000 pregnant patients who gave birth in the Unit of Obstetrics & Gynecology of ¡®Dr Cantacuzino¡¯ Hospital from 13th January 2007 to 30th March 2010. The 7.1% of incidence of diabetes mellitus highlighted by the study which aimed to trace gestational diabetes conducted in 2007-2010 period with the assistance of the ¡®Dr Cantacuzino¡¯ Hospital, represents just the tip of the iceberg. The positive diagnosis of gestational diabetes identified not only women who had diabetes mellitus pre-existing the pregnancy, without their being aware of it, but also women with a pathology of carbohydrate metabolism who will in the future run a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.
%K fetal macrosomia
%K gestational diabetes
%K prenatal risk factors
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/f668723546x2h222/?p=a6c560e4855b4b558bed21b5878d2e6f&pi=5