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Diabetes in Pregnancy
The Diabetes in Pregnancy Dilemma: Leading Change With Proven Solutions
edited by Oded Langer, 720 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7618-3270-6, ISBN-10 0-7618-3270-X, Lanham, Md, University Press of America, 2006.
JAMA. 2006;296:1530-1531.
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It is by now well known that the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is approaching epidemic proportions in the United States. Pregnant women with preexisting diabetes mellitus populate high-risk antenatal units in increasing numbers. Although effective antidiabetic pharmacotherapies have allowed otherwise infertile women to ovulate and conceive, all is not well. Diabetes mellitus complicating pregnancy results in considerable maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality, with substantial burdens on families and the health care system. Considering that only 80% of women with gestational diabetes and 40% to 60% with preexisting diabetes achieve favorable glycemic control during pregnancy, a comprehensive book specifically addressing the broad range of management issues presented by the diabetic mother and her fetus is welcome.
Despite the somewhat tabloid subtitle, editor Oded Langer, MD, has amassed a noteworthy list of clinicians and researchers to create an expansive and well-organized work that is seriously recommended to anyone involved in the care of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Robert P. Kauffman, MD, Reviewer
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Amarillo
robert.kauffman@ttuhsc.edu
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