Effects of treatment in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis

Karl Horvath; K. Koch; Klaus Jeitler; Eva Matyas; Ralf Bender; Hilda Bastian; S Lange; Andrea Siebenhofer

doi:10.1136/bmj.c1395

Abstract

Treatment for gestational diabetes, consisting of treatment to lower blood glucose concentration alone or with special obstetric care, seems to lower the risk for some perinatal complications. Decisions regarding treatment should take into account that the evidence of benefit is derived from trials for which women were selected with a two step strategy (glucose challenge test/screening for risk factors and oral glucose tolerance test).

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Gestational diabetesMeta-analysisMedicineObstetricsDiabetes mellitusPregnancyInternal medicineGestationEndocrinologyBiology

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Year: 2010
Type: review
Volume: 340
Issue: apr01 1
Pages: c1395-c1395
Citations: 352
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                                    Karl Horvath, 
                                
                                    K. Koch, 
                                
                                    Klaus Jeitler
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Effects of treatment in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis. 
                            BMJ
                            , 340
                            (apr01 1)
                            , c1395-c1395.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c1395
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1395