Counterpoint: Establishing consensus in the diagnosis of GDM following the HAPO study

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  McIntyre, H David ^a   Metzger, Boyd E ^b   Coustan, Donald R ^c   Dyer, Alan R ^b   Hadden, David R ^d   Hod, Moshe ^e   Lowe, Lynn P ^b   Oats, Jeremy J N ^f   Persson, Bengt ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) Study

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MACROSOMIA; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; BLOOD; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSENSUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84901738606     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-014-0497-x     Document Type: Review

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