ArticleThe Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology2025
Proactive Insulin Escalation for Antenatal Betamethasone-Induced Hyperglycaemia in Women With Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Article in The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Blood Glucose Response after Betamethasone Injection in Pregnant Women without Diabetes.Annals of African medicine · 2026Observational
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backgroundIn patients with diabetes, antenatal glucocorticoids can induce transient maternal hyperglycaemia for approximately 72 h. This may be associated with adverse outcomes, including neonatal hypoglycaemia, prompting recommendations for prophylactic increases in insulin by some expert groups; however, there are no validated protocols. A review of our institutional practice of empiric dose escalation (Day 1:25%, Day 2-3:40%, Day 4:20%, Day 5:10%) determined it was inadequate to prevent hyperglycaemia.
aimTo investigate the efficacy of an intensified insulin escalation protocol in achieving time in target range (3.9-7.8 mmol/L) following antenatal betamethasone. MATERIALS AND
methodsFollowing implementation of the intensified insulin escalation protocol at Western Health (Day 1 and 2: 50% increase, Day 3:30% increase), a prospective cohort study was conducted for women with gestational diabetes or type 2 diabetes managed with insulin requiring betamethasone. Data was collected from the electronic medical record and expressed as mean ± SD or median (IQR).
results29 women (82.8% GDM, 17.2% T2DM) were included with median gestation 33 + 2 (31-34
conclusionsA significant increase in insulin requirement, exceeding current guideline recommendations, occurs following antenatal betamethasone in women with diabetes, and further prospective evaluation of optimal dosing is required.
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