title: Gestational diabetes: A clinical update.
abstract: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing in prevalence in tandem with the dramatic increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of childbearing age. Much controversy surrounds the diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes, emphasizing the importance and relevance of clarity and consensus. If newly proposed criteria are adopted universally a significantly growing number of women will be diagnosed as having GDM, implying new therapeutic challenges to avoid foetal and maternal complications related to the hyperglycemia of gestational diabetes. This review provides an overview of clinical issues related to GDM, including the challenges of screening and diagnosis, the pathophysiology behind GDM, the treatment and prevention of GDM and the long and short term consequences of gestational diabetes for both mother and offspring.
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kampmann
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Lene Ring
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gitte Oeskov
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Skajaa
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ditte Smed
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.affiliation: Ulla Kampmann, Lene Ring Madsen, Niels Moeller, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ovesen
keywords: Complications; Diagnostic criteria; Gestational diabetes; Treatment