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CLINICAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 1014-1024Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31815a6435
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diabetes in pregnancy; insulin analogs; hypoglycemia; ketoacidosis
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Over the past 5 decades, perinatal outcome in pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus has improved dramatically due in large part to better maternal glycemic control. Self-blood glucose monitoring in combination with flexible or intensive insulin treatment including the use of newer insulin analogs and insulin pump therapy has dramatically improved glucose control in most pregnancies complicated by diabetes. In developing an insulin regimen, careful attention must be paid to both basal and prandial insulin needs. Every effort must be made to avoid hypoglycemia and prevent ketoacidosis. A team approach including the patient, diabetes nurse educator, nutritionist, and social worker is ideal.
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