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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated by glargine insulin
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes mellitus treated by glargine insulin
 
Subject : Endocrinology 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Pregestational diabetes mellitus complicates approximately 0.2-0.5% of pregnancies. Type 1 diabetes was 35% of pregestational diabetic women and 65% was type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pregnancy in diabetes is associated with an increase in risk to both the fetus and the mother. The risk of complications increased in poor glycemic control and decreased in nearly normal glucose levels. Tight control of blood glucose is mandatory in both type 1 and type 2 during pregnancy. The goals of glycemic control in type 1 diabetes sometimes very difficult especially in brittleʼs diabetes mellitus. With the use of long acting insulin, such as glargine insulin in addition of premeals, short acting insulin makes the control easier in such patients. There is no clear safety of glargine insulin in pregnancy. With very well-known hazards of high blood glucose during pregnancy without known hazards glargine insulin, we decided to use it in difficult cases of type 1 diabetes 
ISSN : 1658-3175 
Journal Name : The Saudi Medical Journal 
Volume : 27 
Issue Number : 4 
Publishing Year : 1427 AH
2006 AD 
Article Type : Short Note 
Added Date : Wednesday, October 14, 2009 

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عبدالرحمن الشيخAl-Shaikh, AbdulRahman ResearcherDoctorate 

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