Alexandre Sherlley Casimiro Onofre

Ultrasound-based prediction of fetal hyperinsulinemia: development of a fetal metabolic score

OBJECTIVES: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with fetal hyperinsulinemia, excessive adiposity, and adverse perinatal outcomes; sonographic markers of fetal adiposity, liver enlargement, and septal thickening may allow direct assessment of fetal metabolic adaptati...