Main description:

This book is a comprehensive and easily accessible reference for physicians caring for pregnant women with diabetes. Covering patients with type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes, this handbook offers guidance on the different methods of treatment necessary for each population. Chapters cover the entire scope of patient care, including: diagnosis, patient education, dietary recommendations, medications, management during labor, potential fetal complications, and postpartum management. Obstetricians, gynecologists, primary care physicians, and residents will use this text to quickly answer any question they have on diabetes and pregnancy.

Contents:

Screening and Diagnosis of Diabetes in Pregnancy.- Preconception Counseling.- Pathophysiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy.- Diabetic Diet.- Patient Education.- Metabolic Syndrome and Pre-Diabetes.- Insulin Pump Management.- Complications of Diabetes in Pregnancy.- Antepartum Surveillance and Delivery.- Intrapartum/Postpartum Management.- Fetal Complications of Diabetes.- Medications: Oral Agents.- Medications: Insulins.- Fetal Intrauterine Programming.