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  #1

which congential heart disease is common in a child of diabetic mother ?

  #2

VSD, TOF, Transposition... dunno the frequencies... do you?

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  #3

Transposition

  #4

most common is transposition of great vessels .

  #5

thanks

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  #6

what other anomalies occur in child born to DM mother?

  #7

i remember from old days , large for gestational age baby . although rare, can have short colon synd.

  #8

macrosmia ,RDS , cleft lip n palate .

  #9

yes RDS is common in children of diabetic mother...
but congenital anomaly is sacral agenesis and anal atresia can occur in these babies :idea:

  #10

Why RDS happens in these babies in particular?

  #11

Maternal hyperglycemia causes excess fetal insulin production, which destroys fetal surfactant.

  #12

"Idiopathic" wrote:
Maternal hyperglycemia causes excess fetal insulin production, which destroys fetal surfactant.



Well said idiopathic :!:

  #13

True!







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