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Article: Lower threshold confirmed for gestational diabetes.(Metabolic Disorders)(diagnosis of gestational diabetes)
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- Family Practice News
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- August 15, 2006
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Lisbon -- Pregnant women with serum glucose levels as low as 7.8 mmol/L 2 hours following an oral glucose tolerance test should be diagnosed with gestational diabetes, according to results from two independent studies.
Our data "make it hard to ignore 'mild' gestational diabetes," Dr. Daghni Rajasingam said at the annual meeting of the International Society of Obstetric Medicine. She and her associates reviewed the outcomes of 184 pregnant women seen at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, who had a serum glucose level of 7.8-8.9 mmol/L 2 hours after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 28 weeks' gestational age, and found a high incidence of cesarean sections and ...