title: The daytime glucose profile as a standardized model for metabolic management of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy.
abstract: On the basis of normative data from non-diabetic gravidae, the daytime glucose profile (DGP) is introduced as a model for insulin management of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy. The DGP employs four preprandial (target level = 70 mg/dl) and three 1-h postprandial glucose determinations (target level = 140 mg/dl). Insulin changes are based on a simple equation applied to individual glucose value difference between the patient (P) and target (T) levels (P - T/20). With the aid of this model, the average (+/- SD) of the daytime mean plasma glucose (DMG) levels of 22 pregnant women requiring insulin treatment (183 +/- 36 mg/dl) approached normalization (114 +/- 15 mg/dl) after 2-7 profile determinations (median = 3.5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Thurnau
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin