Postnatal testing following gestational diabetes: Time to replace the oral glucose tolerance test?

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 754-756

  Venkataraman, Hema ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^c   Saravanan, Ponnusamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PERINATAL CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84941768359     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00232-6     Document Type: Note

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