Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes

Pregnancy complicated by diabetes is a medical challenge that can be minimized through a program of expert protocols and patient partnerships. This newly revised edition presents a complete package of these protocols that can help produce healthy infants in pregnancies complicated by type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Topics include:--Pre and Inter-pregnancy counceling, assessment, and management--Contraception in diabetes and prediabetes--Nutrition management of preexisting diabetes--Risk assessment, fetal surveillance and delivery in prenancies complicated by diabetes--Neonatal care of infants of mothers with diabetes--Management of gestational diabetes--Diagnostic testing and fetal surveillance--Use of insulin in pregnancy and assessment of glycemic control--Postpartum concerns for women with diabetes