Comment on Cheung and Moses. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Is It Time to Reconsider the Diagnostic Criteria? Diabetes Care 2018;41:1337–1338

Perspectives on the proposed gestational diabetes mellitus diagnostic criteria.

To date, The International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been analyzed systematically for medical, social, and economic ramifications if used in substitution for the current GDM diagnostic criteria. The IADPSG dependence on expert opinion and consensus rather than on rigorously obtained ...

Gestational diabetes mellitus

Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. The prevalence range from 1 to 14% of all pregnancies, depending on the population studied and the diagnostic tests employed. Risk assessment for GDM should be undertaken at the prenatal visit. Women with clinical characteristics of GDM should und...

Gestational diabetes mellitus -- time to treat.

Gestational diabetes mellitus, broadly defined as carbohydrate intolerance beginning or first recognized during pregnancy, 1,2 was originally described decades ago and has since been the subject of extensive research. Yet the most recent guidelines of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, noting the absence of data to establish a clear link between screening and improved outcomes of affected...

Diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes: who decides?

Comment on: Tran et al. Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Vietnam: Clinical Impact of Currently Recommended Diagnostic Criteria. Diabetes Care 2013;36:618–624

W e read with great interest the article by Tran et al. (1), in which the authors compared the discriminative power of prognostic models for early prediction of women at risk for the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The research group found 5.9% prevalence of GDM by American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria. The selective screening of women for GDM using the ADAmodel with ...