The occurrence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy is associated with the development of large for gestational age (LGA) infant at birth. LGA can lead to a number of adverse outcomes for the mother and child including prolonged labor, cesarean delivery, birth trauma and...
Failure of lifestyle and nutritional modification in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) has been the target of numerous studies all aiming to better stratify GDM patients into risk groups. Clinical characteristics such as pre-pregnancy BMI, Fasting glucose level and family history of diabetes, have all been...
Research has shown that increased likelihood of pregnancy complications in women of an advanced age may be due to aging of the uterus....
Pregnancy in women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and chronic hypertension (CHTN) is often accompanied by significant complications for the mother and baby. Risk is felt to increase with the degree of renal dysfunction as well as comorbid conditions like hypertension. This retrospective chart review...
The prevalence of diabetes, obesity and hypertension (DOH) during pregnancy is rising. Although midwives in Ontario primarily provide care to low risk women, when complications such as DOH do arise, it is unknown whether clients still maintain improved perinatal outcomes and fewer interventions compared to...
Stillbirth affects 8 in every 1000 hospital births in Ontario. It can have a devastating impact on families including intense and enduring feelings of grief for parents, disruption of family relationships, economic loss, negative consequences for surviving children and post-traumatic stress disorder in subsequent pregnancies....
There is a need for better diagnostic tools to distinguish between the signs that mark the appearance of the pregnancy complication preeclampsia and the worsening of existing chronic kidney disease. To address this need, blood samples from 150 women with chronic kidney disease are collected...
Recent studies suggest that the cardiovascular system plays a role in the presence of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication, in women. However there is limited information on how accurate it is in predicting the development of preeclampsia during pregnancy. In this study, we use the...
