Medical MCQ-A 32 week pregnant multigravida found to have abnormal glucose tolerance test and diagnosed as gestational diabetes. All of the following can be the complications in this newborn, EXCEPT:

A 32 week pregnant multigravida found to have abnormal glucose tolerance test and diagnosed as gestational diabetes. All of the following can be the complications in this newborn, EXCEPT:

Hyperbilirubinemia

Hyperglycemia

Hypocalcemia

Hypomagnesemia

Question Category:

Pediatrics

Correct Answer:

Hyperglycemia

Description:

Similar to pre gestational diabetes, GDM is associated with an increased risk of maternal and fetal complications including preeclampsia, stillbih, and macrosomia. Infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes are at increased risk of hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hypocalcemia, and RDS.Offspring of mothers with GDM appear to be at increased risk of obesity, fetal structural malformations and impaired glucose tolerance later in life. Ref: Murphy A., Janzen C., Strehlow S.L., Greenspoon J.S., Palmer S.M. (2013). Chapter 31. Diabetes Mellitus & Pregnancy. In A.H. DeCherney, L. Nathan, N. Laufer, A.S. Roman (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11e.

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