Which major neonatal complication is carefully monitored after the birth of the infant of a diabetic mother?
A) Hypoglycemia
B) Hypercalcemia
C) Hypobilirubinemia
D) Hypoinsulinemia

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Infants of diabetic mothers are at risk for developing hypoglycemia due to the excess glucose in the mother's blood crossing over to the baby causing the baby's pancreas to overproduce insulin. Careful monitoring of the infant's blood glucose levels is thus necessary. Hypercalcemia, hypobilirubinemia, and hypoinsulinemia are not major neonatal complications associated specifically with infants of diabetic mothers.

Which Major Neonatal Complication Is Carefully Monitored After the Birth