Medicalising pregnancy with new diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus: do we need more evidence?

Diabetologia. 2018 Aug;61(8):1886-1888. doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4666-3. Epub 2018 Jun 23.

Authors

Hema Venkataraman^{1

2}, Ponnusamy Saravanan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK.
² James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
³ Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK. [email protected].
⁴ George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK. [email protected].

PMID: 29936537
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-018-4666-3

No abstract available

Keywords: Diagnostic criteria; Gestational diabetes; Neonatal outcome; Obesity; Pregnancy.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Diabetes, Gestational*
Female
Glucose Tolerance Test
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome

Grants and funding

MR/N006232/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom