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Clinical practice guidelines on diabetes mellitus and pregnancy: ΙI. Gestational diabetes mellitus

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disease of pregnancy and is associated with several perinatal complications. GDM is defined as diabetes diagnosed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy that was not clearly overt diabetes prior to gestation. In Europe, in 2016, the prevalence of GDM was estimated to be 5.4% (3.8–7.8). It varied depending on maternal age, year of data collection, country, area of Europe, week of gestation at testing, and diagnostic criteria. The Hellenic Endocrine Society and the Hellenic Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine commissioned an expert group to construct national guidelines on “Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy: Gestational diabetes mellitus.” Following a search for the best available evidence and critical appraisal of the results, the writing group generated a series of consensus recommendations regarding screening tests for the general population, monitoring and management, fetal monitoring, management of preterm labor, planning of labor and delivery, puerperium and breastfeeding, and long-term follow-up of GDM.

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  1. Hellenic Endocrine Society - Greek Society of Endocrinologists, Athens, Greece

    Eleni Anastasiou, Dimitrios G. Goulis, Eftychia Koukkou, Anargyros Kourtis & Kassiani Papadimitriou

  2. Hellenic Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Farmakidis, Angeliki Gerede, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Vasilios Papadopoulos & Theodoros Stefos

  3. Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Papageorgiou” General Hospital, Ring Road, Nea Efkarpia, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitrios G. Goulis

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Writing Group commissioned by the Hellenic Endocrine Society and the Hellenic Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Angeliki Gerede considered as first author.

Kassiani Papadimitriou is not part of the commissioned expert group, but actively participated in the writing group.

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Anastasiou, E., Farmakidis, G., Gerede, A. et al. Clinical practice guidelines on diabetes mellitus and pregnancy: ΙI. Gestational diabetes mellitus. Hormones 19, 601–607 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42000-020-00193-y

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