Journal of Women's Health Care
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Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal

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• Research Article   
  The Influence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis Trimester on Maternal-Fetal Outcomes
  Author(s): Adriano Soares*, Carla Duarte, Pedro Oliveira, Ana Maria Andrade and Jos�© Manuel Furtado
  
  Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as a carbohydrate intolerance that results in hyperglycemia of varying severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. It is known that this intolerance, which can appear from the early stage to the end of pregnancy, can cause several maternal-fetal complications during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum. Our objective was to compare maternal-fetal outcomes according to whether the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus was made in the first or second trimester of pregnancy. For this purpose, a retrospective study was conducted with a consecutive sample of 194 pregnant women followed in the gestational diabetes mellitus appointment at Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira -Guimarães. This analysis showed that there are statistically significant associations between gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosi.. View More»
  

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