Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common medical complication of pregnancy. It is associated with maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes. Maintaining adequate blood glucose levels in GDM reduces morbidity for both mother and baby. There is a lack of uniform strategies for screening and diagnosing GDM globally. This review covers the latest update in the diagnosis and management of...

The Diabetes In Pregnancy Study group India (DIPSI) is reporting practice guidelines for GDM in the Indian environment. Due to high prevalence, screening is essential for all Indian pregnant women. DIPSI recommends that as a pregnant woman walks into the antenatal clinic in the fasting state, she has to be given a 75g oral glucose load and at 2 hrs a venous blood sample is collected for estimat...

background: ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. the objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during ramadan. methods: this was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...

Background: Pakistan is having higher prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been linked with substantial short- and long-term adverse health results, such as Mellitus, increased risk cardio-metabolic disorders later in life among both women infants. GDM seven times significantly mellitus. The objective this study to calculate the multigravida females history g...

Insulin is currently the drug of choice in treating patients with gestational diabetes mellitus but insulin is expensive, inconvenient to store and use and probably associated with more risks of asymptomatic hypoglycemia in comparison with some oral agents. This randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of glyburide in patients with gestational diabetes mellitu...

objective: low-grade systemic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. c-reactive protein (crp), an acute phase protein produced by hepatocytes, may be associated with diabetes. this study aimed to compare serum levels of crp in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm), impaired glucose tolerance test and control subjects. materials and methods: in this case c...

Gestational diabetes mellitus is a common complication in gestation period, and single diagnostic test of blood glucose always results in misdiagnosis. Previous studies showed that glycosylated hemoglobin was a promising biomarker for screening, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes. Combined measurements can improve the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis. Thus, our study aimed to explore t...

Physical activity has been associated with a reduced risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, but inferences have been hampered by recall and selection bias. The authors examined the relation between recreational physical activity before and during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in a prospective cohort study. In 1996-2000, 909 normotensive, nondiabetic women in Seattle and Ta...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the cumulative incidence for the development of diabetes mellitus in Chinese women with persistently impaired glucose tolerance after gestational diabetes, and evaluate putative risk factors. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Women with postpartum impaired glucose tolerance (as confirmed by a 75-gram oral glucose tole...