[Study on controlling the blood glucose level of gestational diabetes mellitus sufferer regularly during labor].

OBJECTIVE

To study the maternal blood glucose management of gestational diabetes mellitus during the labor and relationship of maternal blood glucose in labor and neonatal blood sugar.

METHODS

A prospective study on maternal blood glucose monitoring and control during labor was carried in 40 pregnant women with abnormal glucose metabolism. We adjusted maternal blood glucose by low-dosage constant insulin drop during labor.

RESULTS

Maternal blood glucose in labor arranged between 3.8 approximately 11.2 mmol/L, and low-dosage constant insulin drop was used in 17 cases (42.5%). The neonatal blood glucose was (4.0 +/- 1.5) mmol/L following delivery and (3.9 +/- 1.0) mmol/L at 24-hour postpartum. There were 2 cases with neonatal hypoglycemia. The neonatal blood glucose of the rest 23 cases was (4.2 +/- 1.5) mmol/L, and (3.9 +/- 1.0) mmol/L at 24-hour postpartum, and 1 case with neonatal hypoglycemia. There was no the difference of the blood glucose level of newborns between mothers with abnormal glucose metabolism and the normal pregnant women.

CONCLUSION

It is necessary to monitor and control the blood glucose level by low dose constant insulin during labor in pregnant women with abnormal glucose metabolism.