title: The role of oral glucose intolerance test in reducing pregnancy complications.
abstract: The influence of glucose monitoring during pregnancy on newborn body weight, and complications during pregnancy and labor was assessed. We performed a retrospective analysis of macrosomal children, fetal growth, caesarean sections, malformations, still-births and the number of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) carried out in a five-year period. The proportion of women participating in OGTT tests increased from 20% to 40% (p<0.05) between 2000 and 2004. Gestation diabetes mellitus (GDM) proportions among pregnant women seen at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Slavonski Brod General Hospital, Croatia increased from 1% to 6.7% (p < 0. 05) during the observed period. Proportion of births identified as macrosomal decreased from 13.3% to 12.2% (p<0.05). Additionally, infant mortality and still-births along with other fetal and maternal complications declined during the same period. These results suggest that regular measurements of glucose tolerance during pregnancy may prevent preterm birth, decrease the proportion of macrosomal newborns, lower mortality and decrease fetal and maternal complication incidence during pregnancy and delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, General Hospital Dr. Josip Bencević, Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cosić
authors.forename: Blazenka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miskić
authors.forename: Branka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vizner
authors.forename: Davorka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Duro
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miskić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome