Fetal Movement Monitoring in Normal and Pathologic Pregnancy

Sadovsky, E.; Yaffe, Haim; Polishuk, W.Z.

doi:10.1097/00006254-197411000-00009

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“…Larger studies on serum prolactin in diabetic pregnancy are lacking although low concentrations have occasionally been reported [14]. In the present series, prolactin values were significantly lower in the diabetic patients than in the healthy subjects throughout the pregnancy.…”

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Metabolic control and serum hormone levels in relation to retinopathy in diabetic pregnancy

Laatikainen

Ranta

et al. 1982

Diabetologia

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Summary. The occurrence and progression of retinopathy were related to the mean blood glucose levels and the serum concentrations of prolactin, human placental lactogen, oestradiol and progesterone in 57 pregnant insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Fifteen patients had frank retinopathy, of whom eight showed a marked increase in retinopathy. The initial blood glucose levels were significantly higher in patients whose retinopathy progressed, whereas during the second and third trimester similar blood glucose levels were achieved in all groups. Serum concentrations of progesterone and human placental lactogen were significantly increased in diabetic patients during the last trimester when compared with those in normal pregnancies, and during the second trimester, patients with retinopathy showed significantly higher concentrations than those without, but no significant difference was found in oestradiol values. The eight patients with progressive retinopathy showed progesterone, human placental lactogen and oestradiol levels at or above the upper limit of the normal range. Throughout gestation, serum prolactin concentrations were significantly lower in diabetic patients than in healthy subjects. No correlation was found between serum prolactin values and the occurrence of retinopathy.Key words: Diabetes mellitus, diabetic pregnancy, diabetic retinopathy, metabolic control, human placental lactogen, progesterone, oestradiol, prolactin.Progression of diabetic retinopathy has been reported in 3%-29% of diabetic pregnancies [I, 3, 10, 11]. The main factors responsible for diabetic retinopathy are thought to be metabolic. During pregnancy, however, an increase in diabetic vasculopathy could also be related to the rapid and marked changes that occur with advancing gestation in the serum patterns of some steroid and protein hormones. In order to establish a possible correlation between progression of retinopathy, metabolic control and the hormonal status in pregnant diabetic patients, a prospective follow-up study comparing mean blood glucose levels and serum concentrations of prolactin, human placental lactogen, oestradiol and progesterone in patients with and without retinopathy, was performed. Patients and MethodsFifty-seven pregnant patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes treated at the I and II Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Helsinki University Central Hospital in [1978][1979] were included in the study. In order to achieve good diabetic control, most patients were admitted to the obstetric ward for a short stay during the first trimester, usually between weeks 8 and 12 of pregnancy. All the patients were admitted to hospital during week 24, and from week 32 until delivery. Between these admissions, the patients were seen on an out-patient basis every second week and further admitted when needed.Ophthalmological examination, including direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy and colour photography of the fundus, was performed by one of the authors at the end of the first and second trimester, ...

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Metabolic control and serum hormone levels in relation to retinopathy in diabetic pregnancy

Laatikainen

Ranta

et al. 1982

Diabetologia

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“…The decrease or absence of fetal somatic activity can be conditioned either by a stressing pathological Situation, äs described by SADOVSKY et al [11,12,13] or by the fetal physiological [3]. On the other hand, to undertake the fetal muscular activity, the availability of maternal glucose must be maintained at acceptable levels since fetal glucose, main source of fetal energy [15], is dependent on maternal supply [5,14]; therefore, one can accept the hypothesis that one of the fetal defense mechanisms to insufficient glucose transfer would be the cessation of somatic movements.…”

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Modification of the fetal reactivity by an intravenous glucose load to the mother

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Meirinho²,

Sanches³

et al. 1981

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

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“…Some of the techniques for ineeting these mandates appear to be already available to the obstetrician. The extension of the testing protocol and the improvement in predictive ability may be achieved by the evaluation of fetal activity on a inore formal basis in all AP patients from 28 to 30 weeks gestation to delivery (8,9) and by the use of real-time ultrasound to evaluate additional fetal features including breathing, trunk and limb motion, amniotic fluid volume (10). Electromechanical intervals and urine production (11,12) can be used with some simplification and refinement of these techniques.…”

Section: Antepartum Fetal Surveillance In the 1980's Roy H Petriementioning

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Antepartum Fetal Surveillance in the 1980’s

Petrie¹

1981

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

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Fetal Movement Monitoring in Normal and Pathologic Pregnancy

Cited by 17 publications

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Metabolic control and serum hormone levels in relation to retinopathy in diabetic pregnancy

Metabolic control and serum hormone levels in relation to retinopathy in diabetic pregnancy

Modification of the fetal reactivity by an intravenous glucose load to the mother

Antepartum Fetal Surveillance in the 1980’s

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