Gestational diabetes mellitus: Who requires insulin therapy?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 432-436

  Wong, Vincent W ^a,b   Jalaludin, Bin ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

gestational diabetes mellitus; insulin therapy; obesity; oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 80054036763     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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