July - September 2016, Volume 12, Issue 3

Panaitescu AM, Peltecu G

Gestational Diabetes. Obstetrical Perspective

Acta Endo (Buc) 2016, 12 (3): 331-334
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2016.331

This review discusses current international recommendations for GDM diagnosis and management and argues whether it would be worth considering first, universal screening for GDM in our country, second, updating of management guidelines and third, organized follow-up of women diagnosed with GDM and adoption of lifestyle interventions after delivery that could reduce the onset and prevalence of type 2 DM.

Keywords: gestational diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, pregnancy

Correspondence: Anca Maria Panaitescu MD, “Filantropia” Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11 Ion Mihalache Blvd., Bucharest, 011171, Romania, E-mail: panaitescu.anca@yahoo.com