Last year an international panel of professional societies changed the definition of gestational diabetes. The blood glucose threshold for diagnosis was substantially lowered, more than doubling the number of women with the diagnosis. It will now encompass almost one in five pregnancies. In his ...
公元5世纪的医生阿雷乌斯(Aretaeus)首次使用术语“糖尿病(diabetes)”(在希腊语中意思是“虹吸管(a siphon)”)来形容这种疾病是“肉和四肢融化成尿液(melting down of flesh and limbs into urine)”。公元前5世纪的印度医生描述了多尿病人(madhu meha,...
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The processes include Type 1, autoimmune and non-autoimmune, with beta-cell destruction; Type 2 with varying degrees of insulin resistance and insulin hyposecretion; Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; and Other Types where the cause is known (e.g. MODY, endocrinopathies). It is anticipated that ...
This age cut-point is consistent with the WHO definition of younger and older adults in LMICs [39]. Data were collected using structured household and individual questionnaires administered in face-to-face interviews conducted in local languages. The individual questionnaire includes information on ...
Aims/hypothesisAccurate prevalence estimates for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among pregnant women in Europe are lacking owing to the use of a multitude of diagnostic criteria and screening strategies in both high-risk women and the general pregnant population. Our aims were to report important...
They found, for example, that women who had experiencedgestational diabetessaw an increase in mortality rates of up to 53%, and those with a preterm delivery saw a 41% increase. They also found that those who delivered smaller-than-averagebabieshad a 30% increase. Those with blood disorders...
Gestational diabetes mellitusLifestyle modificationsInsulinGlyburideMetforminPurpose: To identify specific characteristics of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes who failed to achieve good glycemic control by lifestyle modifications only. Methods: Retrospective analysis of women carrying a singleton pregnancy ...
Screening OGCT missed 10 (15.87%) of gestational diabetes mellitus cases which were picked up by 75 gram WHO OGTT only.Conclusions: The diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by OGTT based on initial OGCT screening leaves 15.87% undiagnosed. The two step method of screening OGCT and ...
Objective:To compare the nuchal translucency (NT) thickness at 11-14 weeks of gestation in women who will later develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with that of women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) in the second trimester of pregnancy.Methods:Four hundred sixty-four ...