Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Ultrasound-based prediction of fetal hyperinsulinemia: development of a fetal metabolic score
By Galluzzo Roberto Noya, Da Correggio Karine Souza, von Wangenheim Aldo and 4 others.
Abstract
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with fetal hyperinsulinemia, excessive adiposity, and adverse perinatal outcomes; sonographic markers of fetal adiposity, liver enlargement, and septal thickening may allow direct assessment of fetal metabolic adaptation. This study aimed to develop an ultrasound-based fetal metabolic score (FMS) estimating the risk of fetal hyperinsulinemia.
Keywords
- gestational diabetes mellitus
- fetal hyperinsulinemia
- interventricular septal thickness
- fetal metabolic score
- c-peptide
- fetal programming
- Open access
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