Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance of varying degree diagnosed first time during the pregnancy. Blood values revert to normal level soon after delivery. But women carry a lifetime risk getting overt diabetes within 5 years. The management GDM mainly comprises medical nutrition therapy, exercise, weight and Self-Monitoring Glucose (SMBG). Among all components, ...

Objective: To analyze maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by pre-gestational gestational diabetes.
 Methods: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design. We examined 57 women, 39 of diabetes mellitus (PGDM) 19 had (GDM). The data were analyzed using the chi-square Fisher’s exact test.
 Results: There no deaths either group. Pre-eclamp...

BACKGROUND Despite the interest in the impact of overweight and obesity on public health, little is known about the social and economic impact of being born large for gestational age or macrosomic. Both conditions are related to maternal obesity and/or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and associated with increased morbidity for mother and child in the perinatal period. Poorly controlled diab...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) criteria for gestational diabetes are associated with increased prevalence. However, it remains unknown if intervention for more women with gestational diabetes mellitus by the IADPSG criteria results in better pregnancy outcomes than adopting the Carpenter and Coustan (C&C) criteria in Asian popu...

PURPOSE to determine the prevalence of adverse gestational and neonatal outcomes in women with a positive screening and negative diagnosis for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 2000 to 2009 on 409 women with positive screening for GDM. The maternal variables studied were: age, body mass index, history of cesarean ...

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate which risk factors may lead patients with gestational diabetes mellitus to cesarean delivery. Methods This was a retrospective, descriptive study. The subjects of the study were pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus attending a public maternity hospital in the south of Brazil. The primary outcomes assessed were based on maternal and feta...

AIM During diabetic pregnancy, complex metabolic changes occur in the lipid profile. The aim of the study was to determine the predictive values of maternal serum lipid levels on large-for-gestational age newborns during the third trimester in pregnancies of women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of forty three pregnancies ...

Objective While maternal diabetes is a known risk factor for perinatal complications, there is little data on long-term intellectual outcome in offspring. We compare the rejection rate and cognitive functioning of military conscripts according to maternal diabetic status during pregnancy. Research Design and Methods We identified a cohort of Danish male offspring of diabetic mothers born betwee...

Introduction: Gestational Diabetes mellitus is associated with a significant risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity. Objective: The objective this study was to assess the different morbidities their immediate outcome in newborns born mother gestational diabetes mellitus. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional done among 349 inborn neonates mothers mellitus, at Department Pediatrics Adolescent ...

Background. Due to the higher prevalence of obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM), more pregnant women complicated with diabetes are in need of clinical care. Purpose. Compare the effect of including only low glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates (CHO) against all types of CHO on maternal glycemic control and on the maternal and newborn's nutritional status of women with type 2 DM and gestational diab...