RT Book, Section
A1 French, Heather M.
A1 Simmons, Rebecca A.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182919920
T1 Infant of a Diabetic Mother
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182919920
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  true  prevalence  of  diabetes  in  pregnancy  (including  gestational  diabetes  and  pregestational  diabetes)  is  unknown,  but  most  studies  report  rates  as  high  as  10%  in  the  United  States.  Whereas  90%  of  cases  encountered  during  pregnancy  are  caused  by  gestational  diabetes  mellitus  (GDM),  the  incidence  of  pregestational  diabetes  mellitus  is  rapidly  increasing,  in  large  part  due  to  the  increased  incidence  of  obesity-related  type  2  diabetes.  Unfortunately,  the  prevalence  of  type  2  diabetes  has  been  increasing  in  every  age  group  and  ethnicity  in  the  United  States  for  the  past  10  years.  The  epidemic  of  childhood  obesity  in  the  United  States  causing  a  sharp  increase  in  childhood  and  adolescent  diabetes  will  have  a  profound  impact  on  obstetric  and  pediatric  practices  for  the  next  generation.