Gestational diabetes: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Robert Badgett
(New page: '''Gestational diabetes''' is "diabetes mellitus induced by pregnancy but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (pregnanc...)
 
mNo edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Gestational diabetes''' is "diabetes mellitus induced by pregnancy but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (pregnancy in diabetics). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when [[insulin]] antagonistic hormones peaks leading to insulin resistance; glucose intolerance; and hyperglycemia."<ref>{{MeSH|Diabetes, Gestational}}</ref>
{{subpages}}
'''Gestational diabetes''' is "[[diabetes mellitus]] induced by [[pregnancy]] but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (pregnancy in diabetics). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when [[insulin]] antagonistic hormones peaks leading to insulin resistance; glucose intolerance; and hyperglycemia."<ref>{{MeSH|Diabetes, Gestational}}</ref>
 
==Treatment==
[[Glyburide]]  is more effective than [[metformin]].<ref name="pmid20027034">{{cite journal| author=Moore LE, Clokey D, Rappaport VJ, Curet LB| title=Metformin compared with glyburide in gestational diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. | journal=Obstet Gynecol | year= 2010 | volume= 115 | issue= 1 | pages= 55-9 | pmid=20027034
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20027034 | doi=10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c52132 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
 
[[Category:CZ Live]] [[Category:Health Sciences Workgroup]]

Latest revision as of 16:01, 21 August 2024

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

Gestational diabetes is "diabetes mellitus induced by pregnancy but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (pregnancy in diabetics). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to insulin resistance; glucose intolerance; and hyperglycemia."[1]

Treatment

Glyburide is more effective than metformin.[2]

References