Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes eBook

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