Performing screening of glucose tolerance disorders from the viewpoint of pregnant women in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic
Performing screening of glucose tolerance disorders from the viewpoint of pregnant women in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic
Author(s): Pavla Kudlová, Ludmila ReslerováSubject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Pregnancy; oGTT; performance; common practice
Summary/Abstract: In the Czech Republic, screening of glucose tolerance disorders is performed in all pregnant women in two stages: measuring glycaemia in a fasting patient within 14 weeks of pregnancy, and between the 24th and 28th weeks by performing an oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT). Goal: To determine how the oGTT is performed from the point of view of pregnant women.
Journal: Państwo i Społeczeństwo
- Issue Year: XVI/2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 21-26
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English