Echocardiographic Findings in Infants of Diabetic Mothers and Its Relation to Maternal Glycemic Control

Marwa Mohamed Farag

Status: Completed

Conditions: Infant of Diabetic Mother

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05050058

0106399

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this work was to:

1. Evaluate the use of echocardiography in the assessment of hemodynamic stability in newborns.
2. Determine the prevalence of congenital heart diseases or any cardiac abnormalities in infants born to diabetic mother in relation to the glycemic control of their mothers

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 7 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infant of diabetic mother (IDM) (pregestational and gestational diabetes) born in Alexandria University Children 's Hospital (AUCH) whatever their weight or their gestational age

Exclusion criteria

• Neonates aged more 7 days.
• Patient born outside the tertiary center of Alexandria University Children 's Hospital.

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Neonates born to diabetic mothers

Neonates born to non-diabetic mothers (control)