Importance of Blood Glucose Monitoring in Pregnant Females

Objective: To determine the frequency of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among pregnant females. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: Department Gynecology Obstetrics, department Pathology, Dow University health sciences, From February 2021 to January 2022. Methodology: Five hundred ladies with age between 24-28 weeks any parity were included. These women challenged 75 grams oral glucose solution blood levels estimated at one-hour post-prandial. The cut-off limit was set 140 mg/dl more than this value subjected a 2 hr tolerance test confirm diagnosis GDM. Results: Out total 500 women, mean age, BMI 26.4±4.3 years, 27.0±10.2 27.6±4.3 kg/m2. There 59 (11.8%) who found have positive challenge (GCT) while remaining 441 (88.2%) had plasma below mg/dl. Furthermore, OGTT results showed that 43 (8.6%) Women GDM significantly higher (p<0.0001), (p=0.0064) multigravidity (0.0191) Practical Implications: Oral can be administered in all particularly high risk individuals. Conclusion: high. Pregnant should screened for time prevent further complications during after pregnancy. Keywords: Blood glucose, mellitus,