Glucose maternal

During pregnancy, fetal glucose consumption increases and there is a risk of maternal and possibly fetal hypoglycemia, particularly if there are long intervals between... 

Hayden LJ, Goeden H, Roth SH. 1990a. Exposure to low levels of hydrogen sulfide elevates circulating glucose in maternal rats. J Toxicol Environ Health 31 45-52. 

Drugs that are not absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract of the baby, such as warfarin, are safe for the mother to take. The administration of antibiotics to a breast-feeding mother usually poses no concern for the newborn infant. However, metronidazole, which has mutagenic properties, reaches concentrations in milk that equal or exceed maternal plasma levels. Caution is also advised with sulphonamides, nitrofurantoin, or naladixic acid since these can cause haemolysis in infants with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. 

Smigaj D, Roman-Drago NM, Amini SB, Caritis SN, Kalhan SC, Catalano PM. The effect of oral terbutaline on maternal glucose metabolism and energy expenditure in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998 178(5) 1041-7. 

The maternal glucose concentration is extremely critical in determining fetal glucose supply, and a normal fetal endocrine environment is important in modulating the way the fetus uses this supply of glucose. The endocrine milieu of the fetus provides an anabolic environment within which the fetus can produce complex macromolecules from simpler precursors. Although the placenta is essentially impermeable to maternal insulin, the fetal pancreas releases insulin in response to increases in fetal blood glucose concentration. 

With the above discussion in mind, it is possible to predict at least some of the consequences to the fetus and newborn of an elevated maternal blood glucose concentration, such as occurs in diabetes nielli tus (Cowett, 1998). As the maternal blood glucose level increases, the gradient between fetal and maternal blood glucose... 

Chou JY, Matern D, Mansfield BC, Chen YT. Type 1 glycogen storage diseases disorders of the glucose-6-phosphatase complex. 

Gauthier TW. Methylene blue-induced hyperbilirubinemia in neonatal glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. J Matern Fetal Med 2000 9(4) 252. ... 

It has been recommended that in locations where women with IDD are carefully monitored to maintain glucose control, adjustment of maternal serum AFP is no longer warranted. This recommendation poses a dilemma for screen-... 

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