Screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: Consensus and controversy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-571

  Waugh, Norman ^a   Pearson, Donald ^b   Royle, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

BODY MASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952118979     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.06.004     Document Type: Review

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