Diagnosis of gestational diabetes: a ‘teachable moment’

The Battle Against Malaria: A Teachable Moment

Synopsis Malaria has been humanity's worst public health problem throughout recorded history. Mathematical methods are needed to understand which factors are relevant to the disease and to develop countermeasures against it. This article and the accompanying exercises provide examples of those methods for use in lower-or upper-level courses dealing with probability, statistics, or population mo...

Preoperative chest x-rays: a teachable moment.

MrX,aman inhismid50swithahistoryofmild intermittent asthma and an increasingly painful umbilical hernia, presented to a general surgery clinic for a preoperative evaluation.Basic laboratorytest resultsandcardiopulmonary examination findings were normal, and a reducible hernia was noted. A chest radiograph (CXR) was obtainedfortheindicationofpreoperativeevaluationinapatient with asthma older tha...

Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Despite recent attempts at building consensus, an internationally consistent definition of gestational diabetes mellitus remains elusive. Within and between countries there is disagreement between obstetric, medical and endocrine groups as to the diagnosis and management of GDM. The current article aims to discuss the background to the controversy of GDM diagnosis and to address issues related ...

A Fuzzy Expert System & Neuro-Fuzzy System Using Soft Computing For Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a kind of diabetes that requires persistent medical care in patient self management education to prevent acute complications. One of the common and main problems in diagnosis of the diabetes is the weakness in its initial stages of the illness. This paper intends to propose an expert system in order to diagnose the risk of GDM by using FIS model. The knowl...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Gestational Diabetes