Effect of management policy upon 120 Type 1 diabetic pregnancies: Policy decisions in practice

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 573-578

  Carron Brown, S ^a   Kyne Grzebalski, D ^a   Mwangi, B ^a   Taylor, Roy ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glucose control; Labour; Neonatal hypoglycaemia; Pregnancy; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032709532     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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