Practice Bulletin #201, Pre-gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Published December 2018
This episode is packed. We'll cover:
- epidemiology
- diagnosis
- patient follow-up and home glucose monitoring
- serum glucose goals prenatally and intrapartum
- how to prescribe insulin or oral antihyperglycemics
- management of nocturnal hypoglycemia
- risk of poor glucose control to mom, fetus, and newborn
- timing and mode of delivery
- postpartum considerations
This episode pairs nicely with the 2015 Old Vine Zinfandel from Brazin Cellars
Theme music by my main amigo,
Evan Handyside