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dc.contributor.authorCuschieri, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorCraus, Johann
dc.contributor.authorSavona-Ventura, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-14T10:06:34Z
dc.date.available2015-08-14T10:06:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationMalta Medical Journal. 2015, Vol.27(2), p. 43-46en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4626
dc.description.abstractGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is on the rise, especially with the increase in obesity in childbearing women as well as the rising prevalence of diabetes mellitus type 2. The Maltese gestational women are of no exception especially with an established link to intra-uterine nutritional environment adverse effects as well as to genetic factors. There is no set international screening strategy for GDM and so diagnosis differs between countries. The most common diagnostic test for GDM is by performing a 75g oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT). Most countries and organizations including the World Health Organization have adopted the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria for diagnosing GDM. Performing a 75g OGTT on all women at risk of GDM is expensive as well as unpleasant for the women. A combination of risk criteria including pre-pregnancy body mass index with random plasma glucose and/or fasting plasma glucose based on Maltese and Mediterranean population studies have shown to be a useful screening tool. This tool would help identify women likely to have an abnormal or normal oGTT without the need to perform an oGTT. A screening GDM protocol is essential to pick up and manage at an early stage those that are at risk to develop GDM without the need to have an oGTT performed in every pregnant woman. This would result in better perinatal and maternal outcomes.en_GB
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dc.publisherMalta Medical Journalen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- Diagnosisen_GB
dc.subjectDiabetes -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectDiabetes Mellitus -- Maltaen_GB
dc.titleGuideline for screening and diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitusen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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