Carbohydrate Metabolism in Pregnancy and the Newborn 1978

Second International Colloquium on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Pregnancy and the Newborn 1978 Front Matter....Pages I-XVI Intermediary Metabolism During Normal Pregnancy....Pages 1-31 Metabolic Changes in Pregnancy Relevant to Diabetes....Pages 32-46 Insulin Response Studies in Normal Pregnancy and Chemical Gestational Diabetes....Pages 47-61 Utero-Placental Blood Supply in Maternal Diabetes....Pages 63-75 Placental Handling of Glucose....Pages 76-85 Utero-Placental Blood Flow. Methods of Determination, Clinical Application and the effect of Beta-Mimetic Agonists....Pages 86-101 Placental Changes in Gestational Diabetes....Pages 102-113 The Maternal Endocrine Pancreas....Pages 115-131 Amino Acids and Development of the Beta Cell....Pages 132-151 The Relationship Between Glucagon and Hypocalcaemia in Infants of Diabetic Mothers....Pages 152-162 Pregnancy Related Factors Affecting Insulin Secretion....Pages 163-171 Experimental Contributions to the Physiology of Fetal Macrosomia....Pages 173-187 Heavy-for-Dates Babies....Pages 188-207 Controlling Factors of Fetal Nutrition....Pages 208-228 Fetal Anomalies Related to Carbohydrate Metabolism: The Epidemiological Approach....Pages 229-246 Experimental Evidence Relating Fetal Anomalies to Diabetes....Pages 247-263 Congenital Malformations in Newborns of Diabetic Mothers....Pages 264-276 Evaluation of Placental Steroids in Diabetic Pregnancy....Pages 277-303 Fetal Assessment in Diabetic Pregnancy Using Non-steroid Assessments....Pages 304-333 Management of the Pregnant Diabetic - When and How to Deliver....Pages 334-346 The Role of Pregnancy-Specific B 1 -Glycoprotein in the Management of Pregnancies Complicated by Diabetes....Pages 347-356 Management of Maternal Diabetes in Pregnancy....Pages 357-368 Sulphonylureas for Chemical Diabetes in Pregnancy....Pages 369-369 Management of Diabetes During Delivery with an Artificial Pancreas....Pages 370-375 Neonatal Problems....Pages 376-391 Preterm Labour and Perinatal Mortality in Diabetic Pregnancy - Obstetric Considerations....Pages 392-406 Asymptomatic Diabetes in Pregnancy....Pages 407-424 Gestational Diabetes: Factors Influencing the Rates of Subsequent Diabetes....Pages 425-435 Detection of Chemical Gestational Diabetes....Pages 436-461 Qualitative Assessment of Children of Known Gestational Diabetic Mothers....Pages 462-477 Reproduction in Obese Women....Pages 479-499 Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnant Women....Pages 500-508 Glucose Tolerance in Complicated Pregnancies....Pages 509-517 Dieting in Pregnancy A Study of the Effect of a High Protein Low Carbohydrate Diet on Birthweight on an Obstetric Population....Pages 518-534 Back Matter....Pages 535-540 It has been our privilege to edit this volume which is complementary to the first book on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Pregnancy and the Newborn and which is based on work presented at the 2nd Aberdeen Colloquium bearing the same title held in April, 1978. The growth of knowledge of this subject in the 5-year period since the 1st Aber deen Colloquium in 1973 is truly remarkable and fully justifies this second exposition of current ideas in this field at the present time. For example, the 1973 meeting failed to cover such recent to pics as H.L.A. typing, glycosylated haemoglobin, control of glycae mia in labour with the use of the artificial pancreas, fetal brea thing and pregnancy specific B-glycoprotein and this volume provi des such an opportunity. The scope of this book is broader and in cludes data on placenta and fetal congenital anomaly related to ma ternal diabetes and many aspects of birthweight while there is also a section on maternal weight and nutrition in pregnancy. In a wider prospective one of the stimuli for such work has been the impetus given by the regular meetings starting in 1969 of the Diabetic Preg nancy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Dia betes. This has allowed much more effective integration of research on diabetic pregnancy. The work of the members of the Diabetic Preg nency Study Group is widely represented in this publication.