Metformin - A convenient alternative to insulin for Indian women with diabetes in pregnancy

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 491-497

  Rai, Lavanya ^a   Meenakshi, D ^a   Kamath, Asha ^b  

^a Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Metformin; Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METFORMIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEPHALHEMATOMA; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDIA; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; METFORMIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76549102255     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.58878     Document Type: Article

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