Postpartum screening following gdm: How well are we doing?

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Hunt, Kelly J ^a   Logan, Sarah L ^a   Conway, Deborah L ^b   Korte, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Postpartum glucose screening

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956393064     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-010-0110-x     Document Type: Review

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