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The Impact Of Maternal Diabetes On Fetal And Infant Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis Of Peridata.Net® From 2013 To 2017, Christina Lynn Dzioba Dec 2018

The Impact Of Maternal Diabetes On Fetal And Infant Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis Of Peridata.Net® From 2013 To 2017, Christina Lynn Dzioba

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THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL DIABETES ON FETAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES:

A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF PERIDATA.NET® FROM 2013 TO 2017

Christina Dzioba, MS, ARNP, WHNP-BC, C-EFM

Background: Diabetes is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for most of the developed world and is known to contribute to adverse maternal, fetal, and infant outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of maternal diabetes to fetal and infant outcomes for infants born in a small heterogeneous urban community with significant disparities in infant mortality using data in the PeriData.Net® database.

Methods: Women with diabetes were case matched …