OBJECTIVES To evaluate the applicability of the 50-g glucose challenge test as a screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus in relation to pregnancy outcomes. METHODS A prospective study was conducted on 818 Saudi pregnant females who were randomly recruited from the Antenatal Clinics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital and New Jeddah Clinic Hospital, Jeddah. All females underwent a 5...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost-effectiveness of 2 possible screening strategies for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) from the perspective of the New Zealand health system, developed as part of a gestational diabetes guideline. DESIGN A decision analytic model was built comparing 2-step screening (glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) test at first booking and a 2 h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (...

BACKGROUND The best strategy to identify women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is unclear. OBJECTIVES To perform a systematic review to calculate summary estimates of the sensitivity and specificity of the 50-g glucose challenge test for GDM. SEARCH STRATEGY Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science. SELECTION CRITERIA Articles that compared the 50-g glucose challen...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is caused by an inability to increase insulin secretion in response the resistance experienced during pregnancy. This transient hyperglycemia poses immediate health-risks for baby and long-term mother. Thus, GDM offers experimental opportunity study strategies management.Methods: A cross-sectional of two urbanized villages East Delhi was performed...

G estational diabetes mellitus (GDM), defined as carbohydrate intolerance first diagnosed during pregnancy (1), is a common medical complication of pregnancy, affecting 1.1–14.3% of pregnant women depending on the ethnic and clinical characteristics of the population and the diagnostic test employed (2). Ever since O’Sullivan and Mahan (3) published their criteria for diagnosis of GDM using a 1...

CONTEXT Perioperative hyperglycemia is a risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality. Improved glycemic control has been demonstrated to reduce surgical site infections, reduce perioperative morbidity, and reduce length of stay. However, safe and effective perioperative glycemic control can be limited by expert clinician availability. OBJECTIVE To improve quality by reliably providing s...

The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and compare fetal, maternal and neonatal complications amongst women with GDM and pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance in an urban Iranian population. In a prospective cohort study, universal screening for gestational diabetes mellitus was performed for 1310 pregnant women who were referred...

objective: the aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of ovarian reserve tests, mainly basal and clomiphene stimulated follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) concentrations. materials and methods : a prospective cohort study was conductedon 120 infertile patients referring to mirza koochak khan hospital for ivffrom 2004 to 2006. all the patients underwent clomiphene citrate challenge test (cc...