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7043342

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred forty-one samples of amniotic fluid in 105 pregnancies from 95 insulin-dependent diabetics were analyzed for the lecithin:sphingomyelin (L:S) ratio. Fetal pulmonary maturity seemed to progress at a normal rate. The mean L:S ratio was not significantly different in diabetic and nondiabetic patients at various stages of gestation. Only 3 cases of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) were observed in 77 infants with an L:S ratio of 2.0 or more delivered of diabetic mothers within 72 hours of amniocentesis. This 3.9% incidence of RDS in infants of diabetic mothers with L:S ratios of more than 2.0 was not significantly higher than the 1.5% incidence in the nondiabetic mothers. It is concluded that by using the method of Gluck, an L:S ratio of 2.0 or greater at 36 weeks' gestation or later is a reliable indicator of fetal lung maturity in insulin-dependent diabetic pregnancies, and abdominal delivery after 36 weeks' gestation does not increase the risk of RDS in a diabetic pregnancy with an L:S ratio at 2.0 or more.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
353-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Lecithin:sphingomyelin ratio in pregnancies complicated by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article