A protocol for improved glycaemic control following corticosteroid therapy in diabetic pregnancies

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Kaushal, Kalpana ^a   Gibson, J M ^a   Railton, A ^a   Hounsome, B ^a   New, J P ^a   Young, R J ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroids; Dexamethasone; Intravenous insulin; Preterm delivery; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNITY WARD; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INSULIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 0037232339     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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