Abstract

ANTENATAL, INTRAPARTUM AND POSTNATAL OUTCOME IN GESTATIONAL DIABETIC AND PRE- GESTATIONAL DIABETIC WOMEN

Dr. Bashaer Hussain Aloufi* and Dr. Afaf AL Saiali

Abstract

Objective: maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality rate in pregnant women complicated by gestational and pre-gestational diabetes. Methods: Retrospective study of 200 randomly selected pregnant women affected by gestational and pregestational during the time period between 1st January 2017 and 31th of December 2017 at king Abdul Aziz specialist hospital in Taif. Results: total number of pregnant women during the study period was 8900 the number of diabetic patients was 1500 (16.8%), there were 1010 gestational diabetics (67.3 %) and 490 pre- gestational diabetics (32.6%) of the pre-gestational diabetics (patients 430 were type 1 87.7 %). maternal and fetal complications were more common in women with pregestational diabetes compared to women with gestational diabetes. Conclusions: the complications of pre-gestational diabetes higher than those of gestational diabetes in our hospital. Better screening programs and follow up are for both pre- gestational and gestational diabetes are required.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus is a very common medical disorder.