The electrocardiogram in infants of diabetic motbers
| Autor: | James Garland, John W. Stephens, Otto C. Page, Robert L. Hare |
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| Rok vydání: | 1960 |
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Abnormal electrocardiograms
Pregnancy Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Day of life Infant Newborn Infant Mothers medicine.disease Electrocardiography medicine.anatomical_structure Great vessels Ventricle Diabetes mellitus Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Circulatory system Diabetes Mellitus medicine Child business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 56:66-74 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-3476(60)80290-9 |
| Popis: | Summary Forty-six electrocardiograms taken on 21 newborn infants of diabetic mothers (30 tracings during the first week of life) fell within the limits of normal as described by Zigler except for S-T abnormalities occurring in one infant during the first day of life and one tracing with a main T axis of −20 degrees at 8 days. The ECG abnormalities occurring in a case of complete transposition of the great vessels are described separately. The evidence that electrocardiographic abnormalities described by others in newborn infants of diabetic mothers may be due to potassium depletion is discussed, and the possibility is presented that these abnormalities may be due to an exaggeration of the increased load on the left ventricle secondary to circulatory changes occurring following delivery. From this small series we would conclude that abnormal electrocardiograms are uncommon in newborn infants of diabetic mothers and that the explanation of such abnormalities remains speculative. |
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