Gestational Diabetes Mellitus — Risk Factors and Screening

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  • Rita Carey Rubin
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This debate received renewed attention in 2010 when the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) recommended revisions to existing diagnostic criteria and screening protocols used to identify women with GDM. The revised screening guidelines would allow for earlier detection of maternal hyperglycemia and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and would lower the diagnostic blood glucose thresholds used to diagnose GDM.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012