Open AccessFasting and post-prandial plasma glucose screening for gestational diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Hatice Kansu-Celik,
A. Seval Özgü-Erdinç,
Burcu Kisa-Karakaya,
Yasemin Taşçı,
Salım Erkaya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/emhj.18.038
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , obstetrics , polyhydramnios , body mass index , pregnancy , diabetes mellitus , postprandial , glucose tolerance test , gestation , prospective cohort study , gynecology , endocrinology , insulin resistance , genetics , biology
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as impaired glucose tolerance with onset during the second or third trimester of pregnancy.