Screening for gestational diabetes among women who have previously had a large baby or a stillborn infant.
In Baranya county, Hungary oral glucose tolerance tests were done according to WHO recommendations in pregnant women with a history of a previous baby weighing greater than or equal to 4000 g and/or a previous unexplained intrauterine fetal death. The first oral glucose tolerance test was done at 16-20 weeks gestation, and it was repeated monthly if it was normal. Patients with impaired glucose tolerance or gestational diabetes were treated by diet and/or insulin. 152 patients were involved in the screening program. Twenty-six of 81 patients had a "lag" curve blood glucose still above 5.5 mmol/ at 180 min.
Szilágyi
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary.
Feledi
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Csaba
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Pejtsik
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B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005865:Gestational Age; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors