title: Testing for gestational diabetes.
abstract: In 1996, the American Diabetes Association reported that 12% of total health care expenditure in the United States was spent on diabetes and its complications. Screening for and treating gestational diabetes results in improved perinatal morbidity and mortality. Moreover, detecting gestational diabetes identifies women who are at risk of future type 2 diabetes. This article reviews several approaches to diagnosing gestational diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants' Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02905, USA. karen_erine@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Marshall
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis