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ea0053cd1.3 | Case Discussions: complex clinical cases 1.0 | OU2018

Early screening for gestational diabetes in obese pregnant women is associated with improved neonatal and maternal outcomes

Ryan David , Haddow Laura , Reynolds Rebecca

Gestational Diabetes (GDM) complicates 3–5% of all UK pregnancies but prevalence is increasing with rising rates of maternal obesity. Adaptions to the GDM screening protocol within NHS Lothian in August 2016 to screen high-risk women including women with obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2) during early pregnancy (approximately 10 weeks gestation) allowed us to test the hypothesis that early screening of obese pregnant women would be associated with improved maternal a...