Screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in Scottish obstetric units: a national survey

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-43

  Stirrat, Laura I ^a,b   Denison, Fiona C ^a,b   Love, Corinne D B ^b   Lindsay, Robert S ^c   Reynolds, Rebecca M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; management; pregnancy; screening

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METFORMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; DELIVERY; DIET THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSURIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LABOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIET RESTRICTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FASTING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953342274     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 20456441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0036933014563458     Document Type: Article

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