Type 1 diabetes woman with repeated miscarriages successfully gave birth after introducing an insulin pump with a predictive low glucose suspend feature.
Hisae HonokiKunimasa YagiSayaka TsudaTsutomu WadaAsako EnkakuMaki Nakagawa-YokoyamaMiki KamigishiMasataka ShikataAkiko Takikawa-NishidayShiho FujisakaDaisuke ChujoToshiyasu SasaokaAkitoshi NakashimaShigeru SaitoKazuyuki TobePublished in: Diabetology international (2021)
Sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy with a predictive low glucose suspend (SAP-PLGS) feature is a remarkably progressed modality for the glycemic management of patients with type 1 diabetes. This technology avoids nocturnal hypoglycemia and severe hypoglycemia. A Brazilian woman developed type 1 diabetes at age 11 and was treated with multiple daily insulin injections. At age 20, she was admitted to our internal medicine department for her first pregnancy. Her HbA1c was 7.9% in the 6 weeks of gestation. Although the combination of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion and a sensor-augmented pump was introduced, she had a miscarriage in the next week. After 6 months, she became pregnant again. Despite an HbA1c of 7.2%, she had another miscarriage. Thereafter, she returned to multiple daily insulin injections and began using intermittently scanned continuous glycemic monitoring. At age 22, she had her third pregnancy. Her HbA1c was 7.3%. SAP-PLGS was then introduced, which reduced her frequent hypoglycemic events and blood glucose fluctuations. She gave birth to a 4137 g boy at 39 weeks without significant complications. Successful delivery can be obtained in women with type 1 diabetes following repeated miscarriages after introducing SAP-PLGS. We hypothesize that the modality might contributed to our patient's miscarriage avoidance by reducing her glycemic fluctuations.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- glycemic control
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- gestational age
- pregnancy outcomes
- insulin resistance
- case report
- preterm birth
- cardiovascular disease
- machine learning
- physical activity
- weight loss
- pregnant women
- deep learning
- low dose
- randomized controlled trial
- preterm infants
- stem cells
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- obstructive sleep apnea
- metabolic syndrome
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- drug induced
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