RANDOM BLOOD SUGAR AND KIDNEY PARAMETERS STATUS IN NEONATES FROM GESTATIONAL DIABETIC PREGNANCY
Ajibade Oluwagbenga Oyeyemi*, Ifetayo Helen Ajayi and Ayobola Abimbola Sonuga
ABSTRACT
Neonates from pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at greater risk of neonatal adverse outcome than neonates from their healthy counterparts. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of gestational diabetes on random blood glucose, kidney function and electrolytes in neonates of gestational diabetic women. Methods: fifty women with GDM and fifty healthy pregnant women in their third trimester attending federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti were recruited into the study. Concentrations of blood Glucose, Creatinine, Urea, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, inorganic Phosphate and Calcium in the neonates were determined. Results: maternal anthropometric measurements showed significant increase (p
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