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Early-pregnancy glucose screen shows promise. (14-18 Weeks).
Glucose screening for gestational diabetes at up to 18 weeks' gestation may be an effective alternative to testing during the third trimester in certain cases, said Dr. Gerard C. Nahum of Duke University, Durham, N.C., and his associates.
The researchers gave 255 patients 50-g, 1-hour oral glucose screening tests between 14 and 18 weeks of pregnancy Fourteen women were diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus after that initial test and were excluded from the study The remaining patients had follow-up, ...
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- Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week February 16, 2009 700+ words
...diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus...different glucose screening test thresholds...A serum glucose screening value of...a serum glucose screening value of...see also Gestational Diabetes). The researchers...
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- Newspaper article from: Obesity & Diabetes Week March 16, 2009 700+ words
...trends in postpartum glucose screening for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM...Permanente (see also Gestational Diabetes). The researchers...With Histories of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus A report...
- Gestational Diabetes.
- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics for Parents Darling, Tammy September 1, 1999 700+ words
...for developing gestational diabetes while pregnant...increases. Since gestational diabetes affects the mother...control it. A glucose screening test is typically...weeks to rule out gestational diabetes. The test measures...
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- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service August 22, 2002 700+ words
...confirm a gestational diabetes diagnosis...16-week glucose screening test result...developing gestational diabetes," said...to develop gestational diabetes." Nahum...a repeat glucose screening test should...
- Gestational diabetes.
- Newspaper article from: National Women's Health Report March 1, 2006 700+ words
...no surprise that the incidence of gestational diabetes--a form of diabetes that occurs...and health insurer, found that gestational diabetes rates doubled among its members...common form of the disease, and gestational diabetes share several risk factors, including...
- Gestational Diabetes
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Carson-DeWitt, Rosalyn; Odle, Teresa January 1, 2006 700+ words
Gestational Diabetes Definition Gestational diabetes is a condition that occurs during pregnancy. Like other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes involves a defect in the way the body processes and uses sugars (glucose) in the diet. Gestational...
- PRO & CON: Should screening for gestational diabetes be targeted rather than...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News September 15, 2000 700+ words
...group with a low prevalence of gestational diabetes, have no first-degree relatives...would be missed cases of gestational diabetes if the guidelines were used. What happens when gestational diabetes is missed? In a New York...
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- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker Petten, Cheryl August 1, 2002 700+ words
...hospital and who were tested for gestational diabetes. Of that total, 252 were Aboriginal...overall percentages showed rates of gestational diabetes for the general population of 3...were 11.5 per cent. The rates of gestational diabetes for women living outside of the...
Source: HighBeam Research, Early-pregnancy glucose screen shows promise. (14-18 Weeks).