Approaches to screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnant women during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic performance of alternative diagnostic strategies to oral glucose tolerance tests, including random plasma glucose, fasting plasma glucose and HbA_1c , during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Retrospective service data (Cambridge, UK; 17 736 consecutive singleton pregnancies, 2004-2008; 826 consecutive gestational diabetes pregnancies, 2014-2019) and 361 women with ≥1 gestational diabetes risk factor (OPHELIA prospective observational study, UK) were included. Pregnancy outcomes included gestational diabetes (National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence or International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria), diabetes in pregnancy (WHO criteria), Caesarean section, large-for-gestational age in

SUBMITTER: Meek CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7436759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature