Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

FREQUENCY OF VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS AMONG HOSPITALIZED INFANTS BORN TO DIABETIC MOTHERS

Pooja Bharti, Sanjana Sharma

Abstract :

 Objective : To determine the frequency of various complications in infants born to diabetic mothers.

Methodology : This was a hospital based,  prospective , observational study, carried out in NICU of SMGS hospital, an associated hospital of GMC Jammu, over a period of 1 year from January 2016 to December 2016. Total of 64 neonates were recruited. Maternal history regarding  diabeties was taken. Complete neonatal examination  alongwith physical examination and anthropmetric measurements were performed. CBC, serum calcium, serum magnesium, hematocrit, chest X– ray and echocardiography  done.

Results :  Out of 64 neonates, 19 (29.6%) were born to mothers with pre conceptional DM and 45(70.3%) were born to  GDM mothers.50(78.12%) were LSCS born and 14(21.8%) born by NVD. Among the clinical features hairy pinna was most common  62(96.8%) followed by Macrosomia  27(42.1%) . Among metabolic complications hypoglycaemia was most common 47(73.4%)  followed by hyperbilirubinemia 36(56.25%).

Conclusion : This study conforms high frequency of complications in infants of diabetic mothers. Most common were hairy pinna, macrosomia and hypoglycaemia.

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Pooja Bharti, Sanjana Sharma, FREQUENCY OF VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS AMONG HOSPITALIZED INFANTS BORN TO DIABETIC MOTHERS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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