Abstract
To the Editor: The authoritative and scholarly review by Freinkel et al.1 (July 11 issue)1 on pregnancy and diabetes implies that both congenital malformations and early growth delay are the results of uncontrolled diabetes in early pregnancy, and that fetal macrosomia results from poor control during the third trimester. Our experience with continuous subcutaneous infusion of insulin during pregnancy does not totally substantiate the hypothesis that macrosomia results from uncontrolled diabetes in the latter part of pregnancy. In a series of eight pregnancies2,3 we were able to induce nearly perfect glucose homeostasis by means of continuous insulin infusion (mean fasting…
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 58-60 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 314 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine