Diabetes In Pregnancy

Target Glucose Levels Noting that there is considerable variation in peak glucose excursion after initiation of a meal (45–120 min), the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus proposed the following recommendations for glycemic goals in GDM (plasma glucose):

Gestational diabetes (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance of varying severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. As discussed above, insulin resistance is a normal consequence of pregnancy. Women with GDM, in contrast to normal pregnant women, have an impaired ability to secrete insulin. Perhaps the first reference to GDM in the literature was

Based on the 2002 birth data in the United States, maternal diabetes affects more than 321,760 of the 4,022,000 pregnancies that result in birth, and is a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) makes up approximately 50% of maternal diabetes.  The remaining cases are due to type 1 diabetes and