Establishing consensus in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes following HAPO: Where do we stand?

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Long, Hélène ^a   Cundy, Tim ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Diagnostic criteria; Gestational diabetes; HAPO; Risks and benefits

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC DIET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSENSUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84872601415     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-012-0330-3     Document Type: Article

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