New resources are needed to manage GDM
23rd September 2014
By Staff Writer
Professor Robert G. Moses
Director of Diabetes Services, Illawarra Area Health Service
Dr Anna S. Y. Zheng
Endocrine Register
A DIAGNOSIS identifies a mother at increased risk of pregnancy complications and type 2 diabetes in later life. A diagnosis also identifies a fetus at increased risk of adverse metabolic programming. Diagnosis and treatment are effective in reducing these risks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently introduced new diagnostic criteria 1 based on the results of the Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy