Glycemic profile assessment during betamethasone administration in women with twin pregnancies after IVF with or without gestational diabetes

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Betamethasone's effect on glycemia in twin pregnancies, with or without gestational diabetes mellitus, has not been adequately investigated.

METHODS: We assessed the glycemic profile of 30 women with twin pregnancies after in-vitro-fertilization who were given betamethasone.

RESULTS: The majority of women were treated eventually with insulin to maintain glycemia. In insulin-treated women the increase in insulin dosage was of 61.1%. Insulin use/dosage was not associated with betamethasone dose, age, gestational age, weight gain in pregnancy, or duration of hyperglycemia.

CONCLUSION: Post-betamethasone, twin pregnancies seem to follow the same glycemia pattern as singleton pregnancies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Diabetes & metabolic syndrome - 16(2022), 6 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 102534

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kakoulidis, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Ilias, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Linardi, Anastasia [VerfasserIn]
Stergiotis, Stefanos [VerfasserIn]
Togias, Stefanos [VerfasserIn]
Michou, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Koukkou, Eftychia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9842X06Q6M
Betamethasone
Blood Glucose
Gestational diabetes
IVF
Insulin
Journal Article
Pregnancy
Twin pregnancies

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Date Completed 28.06.2022

Date Revised 28.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dsx.2022.102534

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NLM342128531