introductio n: gestational diabetes is a medical condition that can lead to adverse outcomes of pregnancy. in this regard, the best way to reduce symptoms in patients, is to educate. this study was to determine the effect of face to face training and booklet on the consequences of maternal and fetal - neonatal diabetes in pregnancy.    method : the study is randomized controlled clinical trial ...

background: reported data from developed countries showed that annually a high percentage of health budgets consume for controlling and treatment of complications in diabetes disease. early diagnosis of diabetes, education and health cares, not only prevent progress of disease and complications but also it is cost effective. methods: for gestational diabetes screening, all pregnant women attend...

background: untreated or poorly controlled gestational diabetes can cause serious complications for mother and newborn. glibenclamide is rarely used in treating mothers with this disease. this study aimed at comparing the effect of glibenclamide and insulin on neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus. methods: in this randomized controlled clinical trial, 249 pregnant women...

background: although gestational diabetes is a well-known cause of pregnancy complications, its epidemiology in iran has not been studied systematically. the aim of this review of published data was to describe epidemiology of gestational diabetes in iran. methods: we searched medline, www.sid.ir, www.magiran.com, www.iranmedex.com, and www.irandoc.ac.ir sites through march 2009, and examined t...

background: research says that diabetes may develop in over 10% of non-diabetic pregnant women. diabetes which generally occurs late in second trimester and third trimester of pregnancy, it is called gestational diabetes. overweight or suffering from obesity before pregnancy is type 2 diabetes risk factor. in most cases, diabetic symptoms disappear after delivery. hla-g has an important role bo...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a common obstetrical complication with both maternal and fetal side effects.objective: this study was performed to determine the complications in neonates of mothers with gdm receiving insulin vs. dietary regimen.materials and methods: in this prospective cohort study, 140 neonates of mothers with gdm attending javaheri hospital of azad univers...

background: fetal growth in diabetic pregnancies is a complex process and probably abnormalities in other metabolic pathways such as protein and lipid, as well as carbohydrate are responsible for delivering of macrosomic newborn. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between fetal growth and different maternal metabolic parameters in women with gestational diab...

abstract objective: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is characterized by glucose intolerance during pregnancy. incidence of gestational diabetes can increase by several factors such as obesity, aging, diet and genetic factors. this study aimed to assess the role of nutrition, biochemical and demographic factors in development of gdm in pregnant women. materials and methods: in this prospecti...

objective: this study evaluated the efficacy and safety of metformin on prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with high risk of gdm. materials and methods: total number of 189 pregnant women aged between 25 to 35, and 10 to 14 weeks pregnancy,admitted to  mirza koochakkhan hospital, tehran in january 2008 - january 2009 entered to this randomized controlled clinical trial. the wo...