Diabetes and Pregnancy
An International Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Anne Dornhorst (Edited by), A Dornhorst (Author), David R. Hadden (Edited by)

9780471962045, Wiley

Hardback, published 7 August 1996

428 pages
24.3 x 16.5 x 3 cm, 0.765 kg

This book provides a scientific rationale on managing pregnancies complicated by diabetes and offers recommendations on which clinical practice can be based. It discusses all aspects of basic science and health care.

Partial table of contents:

Diabetes in Pregnancy: Past, Present and Future (D. Hadden).

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY.

The Metabolic Stress of Pregnancy (T. Buchanan & A.Dornhorst).

PREGNANCY.

Insulin Therapy in Diabetic Pregnancy (R. Firth).

Monitoring Fetal Well-Being in Diabetic Pregnancy (J.Girling).

CHILDBIRTH.

Labour and Delivery (J. Oats).

LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF A DIABETIC PREGNANCY.

Contraception and Future Pregnancies (H. Morgan).

Prevention of Diabetes Following Gestational Diabetes (M. Rossi& A. Dornhorst).

The Perspective of a Mother with Diabetes (H. Blanchard).

Epilogue: The Way Forward (J. Hoet).

Index.

Subject Areas: Family & health [VF]