Infant of Diabetic Mother
Also written as IODM.
Infants of diabetic mothers have delayed lung maturation, so they are more prone to respiratory distress, and a mild course that clears in 72 hours fits transient tachypnoea.
What our notes say
- Infants of diabetic mothers have delayed lung maturation, so they are more prone to respiratory distress, and a mild course that clears in 72 hours fits transient tachypnoea. (Paediatrics main exam (MBPE 4300): 24 January 2022, Paper One, 100 MCQs, 2 short)
- 2- Infant of diabetic mother:\n- Maternal hyperglycemia ~ fetal hyperinsulinemia~ reduced fetal cortisone\n- Fetal cortisone is essential for surfactant production (BABY NELSON PEADS)
- Infants of diabetic mothers are at risk for hypoglycemia following delivery, because they have islet hypertrophy and hyperplasia, and the increased islet production of insulin carries into the immediate postpartum period. (Atherosclerosis — Past Paper)
- gestational age (SGA), hypothermia, perinatal asphyxia, Infant of diabetic mother (IODM), (Basic Paediatric protocol 5th edition FOR PRINT 31st Oct 2022)
- • It occurs in up to 25% of infants of diabetic mothers • This condition occurs in 20–40% IDMs (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)
- • Five-fold increase in infants of diabetic mothers Management: (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)
Study material on Infant of Diabetic Mother
- Kaplan Pediatrics pdf-notes 201506051322 - flattened (2)
- BABY NELSON PEADS
- Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Brothers (2012)