TEST QUESTION

CORRECT ANSWER:

C) Hyperglycemia

MORE INFO:

• After delivery, these babies actually have a tendency to have hypoglycemia rather than hyperglycemia.

• These babies are used to high glucose levels and thus produce more insulin in response to the excess glucose.

• These babies usually are very large (macrosomia). They are usually bigger because the baby will store “excess sugar as fat” (1)

• Excess insulin has a tendency to cause respiratory distress after delivery. This is due to issues with delayed surfactant production(2).

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REFERENCE:

1)Webmd https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tetralogy-fallot#1

2) Stanford Children Health “Infant of a diabetic mother”