a standard breakfast was evaluated as a screening test (bt) for gestational diabetes in a case-control study. blood sugar (bs) was measured 1 hour after a breakfast that had 50gr simple sugar and was designed based on women preferences. in the same women glucose challenge test (gct, 50gr 1hour glucose screening test) was performed one week later in randomized sequential. cutoff values for both ...

Objective: To assess maternal and fetal outcomes in Jordanian women with known Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes. Methods: A retrospective medical record review was conducted on 234 pregnant women who were followed at the National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics and Gynecological Department in Jordan University Hospital between 2004 and 2009. A total of 148 subjects had 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(s): the muller cell is the principal glial cell of the vertebrate retina. the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (gfap) in the muller cells was used as a cellular marker for retinal damage. this study was done to evaluate the effect of gestational diabetes on retinal muller cells in rat's offspring. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 12 wistar rat dams ...

maternal diabetes has teratogenic effects on the evolution of the fetal cardiovascular system; as a consequence, cardiovascular malformations are the most common anomalies in infants of diabetic mothers. the present study focuses on the association of all types of diabetes in mothers with the incidence of congenital cardiovascular malformations in their infants. in this retrospective case-contr...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Diabetes is well-known to influence endothelial function. Endothelial function and blood flow regulation might be different in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancy. However, the impact of umbilical blood flow regulation in gestational diabetes on fetal development is unknown so far. METHODS In a prospective birth cohort study, we analyzed the association of the umbilical artery...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between low maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus in Turkish pregnant women according to the severity of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and assess intact parathyroid hormone levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and controls with low and sufficient 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. METHODS We analyzed serum 25-h...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is common during pregnancy. this survey was designed based on the frequency of gdm among an urban population according to the american diabetes association (ada) and the international association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups (iadpsg) criteria.   methods : we included all pregnant women who were admitted to a gynecology clinic from septem...