Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of diabetes and pregnancy / edited by Moshe Hod [and others].

Publication

London : Informa Healthcare ; Boca Raton : Distributed in North and South America by Taylor & Francis, 2008.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Hod, Moshe.

Description

xxi, 513 pages : illustrations, portraits; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Series in maternal-fetal medicine

Uniform Title

Series in maternal-fetal medicine.

Subject

• Diabetes in pregnancy
• Pregnancy in Diabetics
• Diabetes, Gestational

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• History of diabetic pregnancy -- The Priscilla White legacy -- The Pederson legacy -- The Freinkel legacy -- Metabolism in normal pregnancy -- Intermediary metabolism in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes -- Histopathology of placenta -- The placenta in diabetic pregnancy: placental transfer of nutrients -- Nutrient delivery and metabolism in the fetus -- Pathogenesis of gestational diabetes mellitus -- Fetal growth in normal and diabetic pregnancies -- Pregnancy in diabetic animals -- Immunology of gestational diabetes mellitus -- Gestational diabetes: the consequences of not-treating -- Epidemiology of gestational diabetes mellitus -- Gestational diabetes in Latin America -- Diabetes and pregnancy in advancing nations: India -- Diabetes and pregnancy in New Zealand -- Gestational diabetes in China -- Diabetes and pregnancy in Japan -- Detection and diagnostic strategies for gestational diabetes mellitus -- Diabetic embryopathy in the pre-implantation embryo -- Congenital malformations in diabetic pregnancy: prevalence and types -- Post-implantation diabetic embryopathy -- Management of gestational diabetes mellitus -- Medical nutritional therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus -- Insulin therapy in pregnancy -- Oral anti-diabetic agents in pregnancy: their time has come -- Continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus -- Insulin pumps in pregnancy -- Artificial pancreas and pregnancy: closing the loop -- Hypoglycemia in diabetic pregnancy --
• Sonography in diabetic pregnancies -- Diabetes in pregnancy: is dopoler useful? -- Fetal lung maturity -- Monitoring in labor -- Timing and mode of delivery -- Prevention of fetal macrosomia -- Timing and delivery of the macrosomic infant: induction versus conservative management -- Management of the macrosomic fetus -- Hypertensive disorders and diabetic pregnancy -- Diabetic retinopathy -- Diabetic vascular complications in pregnancy: nephropathy -- Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy -- Gestational diabetes in multiple pregnancies -- Thyroid diseases in pregnancy -- Short-term implications: the neonate -- Long-term implications: child and adult -- Growth and neurodevelopment of children born to diabetic mothers and to mothers with gestational diabetes -- Diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome after gestational diabetes -- Evidence-based medicine and diabetic pregnancy -- Cost analysis of diabetes and pregnancy -- Quality of care for the woman with diabetes in pregnancy -- Ethical issues in management of pregnancy complicated by diabetes -- Legal aspects of diabetic pregnancy -- Diabetologic education in pregnancy -- Databases: a tool for quality management of diabetic pregnancies -- Introduction to technological disease-management tools and eHealth networks: the future of better care delivery in diabetes and pregnancy -- Optimal contraception for the diabetic woman -- Hormone replacement therapy and diabetes -- The genetics of diabetic pregnancy -- The integration of compliance, communication and culture to enhance health care delivery -- Diabetes and infertility -- Early pregnancy loss and perinatal mortality.

ISBN

• 9780415426206 (hbk.)
• 0415426200 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocn156831769
• 156831769
• SCSB-8854656

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries