title: Redefinition of gestational diabetes mellitus: implications for laboratory practice in Croatia.
abstract: An increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes has become a very challenging task in prenatal care worldwide. International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) has recently issued recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. These recommendations, the first to provide harmonised, evidence-based criteria for the diagnosis and classification of diabetes in pregnancy, are currently being discussed and accepted worldwide by the relevant authorities. As the acceptance of the proposed criteria has major implications for both clinical and laboratory settings, a concerted action towards necessary changes in practice has to be carefully planned and adjusted to national health-care specificities. IADPSG criteria have been strongly advocated by the Croatian Perinatology Society, resulting in a new strategy for the detection and diagnosis of hyperglycaemic disorders in pregnancy. To address the respective laboratory requirements, in April 2012, the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists appointed a Working Group to provide a standardised procedure for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes, applicable to all laboratories involved in prenatal care, in both primary and specialised health-care facilities. In this paper we discuss key laboratory-related issues regarding succesful implementation of the IADPSG criteria in Croatia.
authors: Marijana Vucić
authors: MV
authors: Lovrencić
authors: Lorena
authors: L
authors: Honović
authors: Sasa
authors: S
authors: Kralik
authors: Jasminka
authors: J
authors: Matica
authors: Manja
authors: M
authors: Prasek
authors: Edita
authors: E
authors: Pape-Medvidović
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Ivanisević
authors: Josip
authors: J
authors: Delmis
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D017523:Croatia; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy