Approaches to screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnant women during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Claire Louise MeekR S LindsayE M ScottCatherine E AikenJ MyersRebecca M ReynoldsDavid SimmonsJennifer M YamamotoD R McCanceHelen R MurphyPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2020)
Random plasma glucose at 12 weeks, and fasting plasma glucose or HbA1c at 28 weeks identify women with hyperglycaemia at risk of suboptimal pregnancy outcomes. These opportunistic laboratory tests perform adequately for risk stratification when oral glucose tolerance testing is not available.