The Use of the CPR to Predict Adverse Outcomes in GDM Pregnancies

The cerebro-placental ratio (CPR) is a tool for assessment of fetal wellbeing in the management of the growth restricted fetus. CPR is the ratio of the fetal middle cerebral artery pulsatility index (PI) to the umbilical artery PI. In Gestational Diabetes (GDM), the common finding is of accelerated and asymmetric fetal growth. Pregnancies complicated by GDM have an increased risk of certain complications such as preeclampsia, intrauterine demise, CS due to fetal distress. These complications have a well known association with fetal growth restriction leading to the hypothesis that there exists a subset of diabetic fetuses that exhibit a growth restriction phenotype despite not being small for gestational age (\ 10%. The primary outcome will be a composite outcome consisting of one or more of the following: Caesarean section due to suspected fetal distress, 5 minute Apgar \24 hours.