3 Thesis Declaration 6 Acknowledgements 7 Chapter: Literature Review 8 Published Paper: Clinician views and knowledge regarding healthcare provision in the postpartum period for women with recent gestational diabetes: A systematic review of qualitative/survey studies 30 Chapter: Women’s views and knowledge regarding healthcare seeking for gestational diabetes in the postpartum period: a systema...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION A large neck circumference might be an indicator of metabolic syndrome and its components, and for certain patients is more practical as an index than waist circumference. The demarcation value for neck circumference that suggests metabolic syndrome appears to vary by ethnic group. Gestational diabetes mellitus is considered a component of metabolic syndrome in pregnant women....

BACKGROUND Gestational diabetes mellitus is a potentially serious condition that affects many pregnancies and its prevalence is increasing. Evidence suggests early detection and treatment improves outcomes, but this is hampered by continued disagreement and inconsistency regarding many aspects of its diagnosis. METHODS The Vitamin D and Lifestyle Intervention for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus...

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of glucose intolerance with its onset (or first diagnosis) during pregnancy and usually resolving shortly after delivery [1] . Pregnancy hormones decrease fasting glucose levels, increase fat deposition, delay gastric emptying and increase appetite. However, over the course of pregnancy, postprandial glucose concentrations increase as insulin re...

BACKGROUND N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is elevated in gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. This trial aimed to generate data for gestational diabetes mellitus patients, who are at risk to develop these complications. METHODS We have measured NT-proBNP in 223 otherwise healthy women between gestational week 24 and 32 referred to the outpatient diabetes unit in a ...

In this experiment, we established an animal model of gestational diabetes mellitus rats using streptozotocin. Using the rat model of GDM, the pregnant rats in 1-19d were divided into three groups: (1) Zuogui Wan gestational diabetes mellitus group (group I, n = 12), (2) gestational diabetes mellitus rats as the control group (group II, n = 11), and (3) rats of normal pregnancy group (group III...

and pregnancy study groups criteria in South Auckland: prevalence, interventions and outcomes Authors: Ekeroma AJ et al. Summary: These researchers investigated the impact of adopting the modified IADPSG (International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups) criteria for gestational diabetes for 6376 pregnant women who delivered at Counties Manukau DHB over a 12-month period. The ge...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the high prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriage in our population can explain the previous observation of an association between increased maternal serum ferritin concentration and gestational diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 767 nonanemic women with singleton pregnancy wh...