Diabetes in Women provides detailed guidelines on diagnosis, prevention, and management, and includes insightful discussions of gestational diabetes and obstetric complications, as well as prenatal diagnosis of abnormal fetal growth and congenital malformations round out the coverage.

Diabetes in Women includes:

• Life span approach—to help with diabetic adolescents, menopause in diabetic women, perinatal counseling and management, diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and coronary heart disease.
• Expanded treatment options—including facts on the latest drugs—to aid in choosing the right therapy for each patient.
• Dietary guidelines—to help educate patients on ways they can manage their disease.
• Information on genetics—to clarify recent advances in understanding the hereditary aspects of diabetes.
• Prevention strategies—to assist with practical guidance on preemptive management.

Contents

General Medical and Primary Care for Women with Diabetes

1. The History of Diabetes Mellitus in Women
2. The Rising Tide of Diabetes Mellitus: Implications for Women of All Ages
3. Management of Diabetes Mellitus
4. Diabetes Care for Adolescents
5. Genetics, Perinatal Counseling, and Diabetes Education
6. Preconceptional Care of Women with Diabetes
7. Logn-Term Care of Medical Complications of Diabetes
8. Menopause and Diabetes

Metabolic Considerations

9. Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Amino Acid Metabolism
10. Metabolic Changes During Normal and Diabetic Pregnancies

The Fetus and Placenta

11. The Placenta
12. The Biology of Normal and Abnormal Fetal Growth and Development
13. Congenital Malformations: Epidemioloy, Pathogenesis, and Experimental Methods of Induction and Prevention
14. Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity

Pregnancy Complicated by Gestational Diabetes

15. Testing for Gestational Diabetes
16. Management of Gestational Diabetes
17. Interaction Between Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes and Long-Term Maternal Outcome

Pregnancy Complicated by Pre-Existing Diabetes

18. Glucose Evaluation and Control
19. Insulin Treatment of the Pregnant Patient with Diabetes Mellitus
20. Dietary Management
21. Exercise in Normal and Diabetic Pregnancies
22. Prenatal Diagnosis and Managment of Congenital Malformations in Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes
23. Diagnosis and Management of Abnormal Fetal Growth
24. Fetal Biophysical and Biochemical Testing
25. Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy
26. Obstetric Complications in Diabetic Pregnancies
27. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
28. Diabetic Retinopathy
29. Diabetic Nephropathy
30. Diabetic Neuropathy and Coronary Heart Disease

Peripartum and Neonatal Care

31. Delivery: Timing, Mode, and Management
32. Postpartum Management, Lactation, and Contraception
33. Neonatal Outcome and Care
34. Long-Term Outcome of Infants of Diabetic Mothers

Index

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