Open AccessPregnancy outcome of women with gestational diabetes in a tertiary level hospital of North India
Author(s) -
Pikee Saxena,
Swati Tyagi,
Anupam Prakash,
Aruigam,
Sagar Trivedi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.84130
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , obstetrics , pregnancy , diabetes mellitus , polyhydramnios , fetus , incidence (geometry) , fetal macrosomia , gestation , endocrinology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) pose an important public health problem because diabetes not only affects the maternal and fetal outcome, but these women and their fetuses are also at an increased risk of developing diabetes and related complications later in their life.