background: reported data from developed countries showed that annually a high percentage of health budgets consume for controlling and treatment of complications in diabetes disease. early diagnosis of diabetes, education and health cares, not only prevent progress of disease and complications but also it is cost effective. methods: for gestational diabetes screening, all pregnant women attend...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a common obstetrical complication with both maternal and fetal side effects.objective: this study was performed to determine the complications in neonates of mothers with gdm receiving insulin vs. dietary regimen.materials and methods: in this prospective cohort study, 140 neonates of mothers with gdm attending javaheri hospital of azad univers...

background: fetal growth in diabetic pregnancies is a complex process and probably abnormalities in other metabolic pathways such as protein and lipid, as well as carbohydrate are responsible for delivering of macrosomic newborn. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between fetal growth and different maternal metabolic parameters in women with gestational diab...

conclusions the amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. as a result, the pregnant iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it. results females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical ...

background: health benefits of vitamin d has been proved by a large number of studies, however, to the best of our knowledge there has been no study investigating the effect of mega dose of vitamin d on gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm). this study was the first to assess the effect of postpartum injection of mega dose of vitamin d on blood pressure (bp) in gdm. methods: this is a randomized ...

presence of maternal diabetes mellitus (dm) during pregnancy has important consequences for both mother and child. to determine maternal and fetal/neonatal complications of gestational dm and compare them with pre-gestational dm, a prospective study was performed in 100 diabetic women delivered in our hospital from january 2001 to april 2002. pregnancy outcome in 27 women with gestational dm an...

abstract objective: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is characterized by glucose intolerance during pregnancy. incidence of gestational diabetes can increase by several factors such as obesity, aging, diet and genetic factors. this study aimed to assess the role of nutrition, biochemical and demographic factors in development of gdm in pregnant women. materials and methods: in this prospecti...

objective: this study evaluated the efficacy and safety of metformin on prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with high risk of gdm. materials and methods: total number of 189 pregnant women aged between 25 to 35, and 10 to 14 weeks pregnancy,admitted to  mirza koochakkhan hospital, tehran in january 2008 - january 2009 entered to this randomized controlled clinical trial. the wo...

objective: to evaluate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) and its risk factors in tehran. materials and methods: from march 2002 to october 2004, screening for gdm was performed on 1804 women in tehran. all pregnant women were referred for a 50 g oral glucose challenge test (ogct) between 24th and 28th week of gestation. all subjects with an abnormal gct (blood glucose level ...