Insulin requirements during pregnancy in women with diabetes mellitus
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病合并妊娠时胰岛素的应用
- Author:
Weijie SUN
;
Huixia YANG
;
Meihua ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes gestational;
Insulin;
Retrospective studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine
2003;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the characteristics of insulin requirements during pregnancy in women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 116 pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes admitted to the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, First Hospital, Peking University from 1981 to 2003. Ninty-five among the 116 cases required insulin during pregnancy among which 82 cases were enrolled in the observational group. Results Eighteen women in the observational group had OGTT performed during pregnancy whose values were above the diagnostic criteria of non-pregnant diabetes. The insulin requirements increased with the gestational age with the peak dose at 32~36 weeks followed by slight decrease till delivery. Among all the women who used animal insulin, the average BMI of those whose dose