Effect of fasting on blood glucose of parturient and her full term infant

The series consists of 100 parturients and their full term infants. According to the fasting time of the parturients before delivery the series was divided into three groups: Group I, fasting from 6 to 12 hours (49); Group II, from 12 to 18 hours (38); and Group III, over 18 hours (13 parturients). The blood glucose level of the mothers was examined immediately after delivery, and that of their infants at birth and at the age of two and six hours. There were no significant differences between the mean blood glucose level of the mothers in different fasting groups: 5.0±0.8 mmol/1 in Groups I and II, and 5.2±0.9 mmol/1 in Group III. There was a significant positive correlation between the blood glucose level of infants at birth and that of their mothers (r 0.44, p<0,001). The blood glucose level of the infants at the age of two and six hours did not correlate to that of their mothers. Blood glucose of the infants was lowest at the age of two hours (mean 2.510.6 mmol/1), and there was no significant differen...