Gestational diabetes mellitus: risk factors development, occurrence, diagnostics and treatment (review)

Abstract

Gestational diabetes is defined as a violation of carbohydrate metabolism resulting in hyperglycemia of varying severity, firstly revealed or developed during the pregnancy. The article presents current data on the occurrence, etiology and pathogenesis of gestational diabetes, as well as methods for screening and diagnostics of disorders of carbohydrate metabolism during pregnancy. It explains the basic principles of diet therapy

Keywords

• diagnostics
• gestational diabetes
• pregnancy