Abnormal glucose screening in pregnancy in patients with normal oral glucose tolerance tests as a screening test for fetal macrosomia |
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| Authors: | F R Witter J R Niebyl |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205. |
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| Abstract: | Minor abnormalities of carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy are a risk factor for delivery of a macrosomic infant. However, the 50-g 1-h oral glucose screen at 28 weeks is not a useful screening test for macrosomia in pregnant patients with normal glucose tolerance tests, because a positive screen does not raise the probability of delivering a macrosomic infant sufficiently to warrant intervention. |
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