Maternal BMI and HDL as predictors of pregnancy outcome in women with type 1 diabetes.

Objective: Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with increased risks of maternal as well as foetal complications.

Methods: Retrospective data on 96 women and their 96 newborns were anonymously statistically analysed to assess pregnancies of type 1 diabetes (T1D) women managed in our hospital in past nine years. The outcomes of the neonates were divided into three categories according to the clinical status, presence of congenital abnormalities and infant's treatment.

Experience with real time continuous glucose monitoring in stabilising fluctuating glycaemia during intensive care of the preterm infant of a diabetic mother.

Objective: The newborns of diabetic mothers suffer from perinatal complications more frequently than the newborns of healthy women.

Methods: We used for 7 days a real time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGMS) to monitor glucose homeostasis and manage glucose administration in a premature newborn of a diabetic mother.

Results: The boy was born at 35 + 5 gestational weeks with typical signs of diabetic fetopathy.

Delayed delivery of a twin - a hazard or an acceptable method? Prospective study.

Objective: To examine the possibility of postponement of the delivery of fetus B after preterm delivery or late abortion of fetus A in multiple pregnancy.

Methods: Between January 2000 and September 2010, we tried to delay delivery of the second twin in 18 cases. Group A includes women that experienced a preterm premature rupture of the membranes in fetus A (PPROM), group B includes women who presented with regular uterine activity and the vaginal finding indicated unavoidable late miscarriage or preterm delivery.