Deliveries among diabetic females; a tertiary care experience

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the cesarean section (CS) rate in a consecutive series of pregnant women with Diabetes Mellitus. Material and Methods: This retrospective patients’ files review of deliveries happened to diabetic mothers was carried out from 1st January, 2005 to 31st December, 2006 in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Alnoor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Results: Among all subjects (118), Saudi national women predominated 101(86%). Majority belonged to the age group of 36-40 years, i.e., 38(32%) and 52(44%) was diagnosed as gestational diabetes mellitus. However, 89(75%) of pregnancies were terminated through CS. Conclusion: Majority were delivered by CS