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. 2019 Jul 17;11(7):e5158. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5158

Table 1. Table 1. Reported cases of insulin degludec use during pregnancy.

Table modified from reference [7]. BMI: body mass index, kg: kilograms, g: grams, cm: centimeters, NICU: neonatal intensive care unit, NPDR: non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

  Case 1 [7] Case 2 [7] Case 3 [7] Case 4 [6] Case 5 [6] Case 6 [8] Case 7
Mothers
Age, years 37 26  22 34 22 31 33
Type of diabetes 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Diabetes duration, years 10 19 13 8 16 3 17
Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 21.5 25 21.6 22.7 36.1 33.9 27
HbA1c (mmol/mol)
Pre-conception 8.5 (69) 9.4 (79) 9.2 (77) 6.3 (45) 7.7 (61) 6.6 (49) 8.9 (74)
First trimester 7.2 (55) 7.4 (57) 9.9 (85) 6.0 (42) 6.6 (49) 6.6 (49) 6.1 (43)
Second trimester 6.8 (51) 7.3 (56) 7.6 (60) 5.8 (40) 5.7 (39) 5.6 (38) 7.1 (54)
Third trimester 6.7 (50) 6.3 (45) 8.2 (66) 5.2 (33) 5.0 (31) 6.1 (43) Not done
Micro-/macrovascular complications
Before pregnancy NPDR No No No No No PDR
During pregnancy No No No No No No Pre-eclampsia
Degludec treatment during pregnancy, in weeks 29 5 7 12 8 38 34
Weight gain at the end of pregnancy, kg 6 8 10 9 8 7  14
Time of delivery, weeks 29 35 37 37 37 38 34
Delivery Caesarean Caesarean Caesarean Caesarean Induced Caesarean  Caesarean
Newborn
Birth weight, g 1730 2900 3930 3330 3300 3280 2500
Length, cm 41  -- 50 54.5 50 49 43
Congenital malformations No No No No No No  No
APGAR score at 1 and 5 min 7/10, 8/10 10/10, 10/10 9/10, 10/10 8/10, 9/10 9/10, 10/10 8/10, 9/10 6/10, 8/10
Neonatal hypoglycemia No No No Yes, mild Yes, moderate No No
NICU admission Yes (bilirubin increase and episodes of apnea)  No No Yes (respiratory distress)  Yes (bilirubin increase) No Yes (respiratory distress)