Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy: a World Health Organization Guideline.

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Summary

Treatment of gestational diabetes (GDM) is effective in reducing macrosomia, large for gestational age, shoulder dystocia and pre-eclampsia/hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and the risk reduction for these outcomes is in general large, the number need to treat is low and the quality of evidence is adequate to justify treatment.

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Published
2014-03-01
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Medicine, Gestational diabetes, Pregnancy, Guideline, Diabetes mellitus

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