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Does the severity of diabetic retinopathy predict pregnancy outcome
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The data suggest that the severity of retinopathy should be considered when counseling a pregnant diabetic woman, and only the last variable significantly predicted an adverse outcome.About:
This article is published in Journal of Diabetic Complications.The article was published on 1988-10-01. It has received 33 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Retinopathy & Diabetic retinopathy.read more
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Systemic considerations in the management of diabetic retinopathy.
TL;DR: The systemic factors which affect onset and/or progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) are highlighted and the role and responsibilities of ophthalmologists and other eye care providers are emphasized to ensure that appropriate systemic medical evaluation of the patient with diabetes is being pursued.
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Diabetic eye disease
Ronald Klein,Barbara E.K. Klein +1 more
TL;DR: Clinicians and patients must be aware of the need for early detection of diabetic retinopathy by a thorough examination through a fully dilated pupil, to assess whether prompt treatment is needed to prevent loss of vision, and they should be skilled in their ability to diagnose the severity of diabetic Retinopathy.
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Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Kekul B. Shah,Dennis P Han +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Pars plana vitrectomy is indicated for some patients with vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment, and other complications, with glycemic control being the modifiable risk factor as demonstrated in the DCCT/EDIC and UKPDS trials.
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Ocular changes in pregnancy.
TL;DR: The reader will be able to list the various ocular changes that occur during pregnancy, summarize the ocular disturbances that occur with preeclampsia and diabetes, and describe the management of some ocular problems during pregnancy.
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Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy
R. M. Best,Usha Chakravarthy +1 more
TL;DR: A prospective study on a large series of individuals, comprising 171 pregnant and 298 non-pregnant insulin dependent diabetic women, finding that the level of diabetic retinopathy in the first trimester was assessed using standard retinal photographs and compared with postpartum photographs.
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Intrauterine growth as estimated from liveborn birth-weight data at 24 to 42 weeks of gestation.
TL;DR: The median weights of Colorado babies were found to be lower at 40 weeks of gestation than the national median, and mean weights at 40 and 42 weeks were lower than those given by other authors.
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Intrauterine growth of live-born Caucasian infants at sea level: Standards obtained from measurements in 7 dimensions of infants born between 25 and 44 weeks
TL;DR: Normal anthropometric standards are presented for new-born Caucasian infants at sea level between 25 and 44 weeks' gestational age based upon measurements in 7 dimensions made in duplicate by a single observer using standard measurement techniques.
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Elevated maternal hemoglobin A1c in early pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in infants of diabetic mothers.
Edith Miller,John W. Hare,John P. Cloherty,P J Dunn,Ray E. Gleason,J. S. Soeldner,John L. Kitzmiller +6 more
TL;DR: Fetal malformations occur before eight weeks of gestation (postmenstrual dates), when most diabetic pregnant women have not yet come to medical attention, and there has been no objective method to assess control.
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Prevention of Congenital Malformations in Infants of Insulin-dependent Diabetic Mothers
Kurt Fuhrmann,Horst Reiher,Klaus Semmler,Friedericke Fischer,Michael Fischer,Eberhard Glöckner +5 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that reasonable metabolic control started before conception and continued during the first weeks of pregnancy can prevent malformations in infants of diabetic mothers.
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Pregnancy complicating diabetes
TL;DR: Because of her leadership in the early diagnosis and rigorous management of prenatal care of women with this disease, White must be credited with the decrease in the perinatal mortality rate from about 50 per cent three or four decades ago to 3 or 4 per cent at present.