title: Gestational diabetes mellitus: compliance with testing.
abstract: An audit of birth records of two public and one private hospital was undertaken, over a 6-month period, to determine compliance with the local policy that all women are tested for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Overall 92.1% of women were tested for GDM. When those women who delivered their babies early or who had no prenatal care were excluded, then there was 95.3% compliance with the advice for universal testing.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Service, Illawarra Area Health Service, Wollongong West, New South Wales, Australia. mosesr@iahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.forename: Alison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Christine D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Comber
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: Keith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Warren S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Clive J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McCosker
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000592:standards; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008485:Medical Audit; D008499:Medical Records; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*