Gestational diabetes: A clinical update

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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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftWorld Journal of Diabetes
Vol/bind6
Nummer8
Sider (fra-til)1065-1072
Antal sider8
ISSN1948-9358
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 25 jul. 2015

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