Call for a global summit on controversial GDM threshold
The move may vindicate the RACGP's decision to stick with the lower target
3rd July 2018
By Clare Pain
The RACGP’s dogged refusal to adopt a controversial international threshold for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may soon be vindicated, as prominent Australian endocrinologists call for a review.
The request comes nearly a decade after guidelines were issued by the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups suggesting a diagnosis should be made for women with a fasting plasma glucose of at least 5.1mmol/L.
The threshold is now used in Australian hospitals, and by RANZCOG and the Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy