Preventive effect of one-day outpatient health management on adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One-day outpatient health management has been applied to treat gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and prevent further complications. However, the relationships between one-day outpatient health management and adverse pregnancy outcomes remain ambiguous, because of limited evidence. We analyzed the effects of one-day outpatient health management on premature birth, macrosomia and low-birth-weight infants in patients with GDM.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled pregnant women with GDM who delivered at Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital between 2019 and 2021. Patients could voluntarily choose to participate in either the general outpatient health education or a one-day outpatient health management. Data on demographic and clinical characteristics were colle

SUBMITTER: Zheng MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9442207 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature