infant of diabetic mother

The plethora on the face, and the yellowish hue to the pink cherubic cheeks, in a newborn who is little overweight; yes; u r surely dealing with an infant of a diabetic mother. This may be due to polycythemia.

they are likely to born by a caserean section as they have macrosomia in 26% cases. These are mostly LGA babies and may suffer from hypoglycemia.

Major congenital malformations are found in 5-9% of affected infants and account for 30-50% of perinatal deaths of infants of mothers with gestational diabetes. **

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when a doctor completes his training without the real hands on experience, its mistaken by many that what you are taught in medical school is totally in contrast with what you see clinically in patients. This blog aims at making medical students and docs understand how every case is exactly the same as in books. The work done by senior docs over the years is really rewarding. Infact when one finds a contrast in what is taught, he should go to books and you will find the exact descriptions verbatim, or the images as they are explained in medical books.