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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
Postpartal screening of undetected gestational diabetes has proven to be difficult. Rapid decrease in diabetogenic hormones and normalisation of the former delayed insulin-response make it difficult to detect disturbed glucose tolerance in the puerperium. Therefore, glycolysated serum proteins offer the opportunity for retrospective diagnosis. They allow an evaluation of the patient's carbohydrate metabolism, retrospectively over several weeks. In this context, we were most interested in the significance of fructosamine. In a prospective study covering 12 months, 123 patients with several risk factors for gestational diabetes underwent a 100 g glucose tolerance test in the puerperium. Furthermore, we measured fructosamine and glycolysated hemoglobin. A carbohydrate intolerance could be detected by the oral glucose tolerance test in 22.7%. In 12.2% of the cases, glycolysated hemoglobin was found to be higher than 5.5%. Fructosamine levels were normal for all patients, with a mean value of 1.84 mmol/l. Even though fructosamine concentration was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in patients with a pathologic glucose tolerance, our study showed the oral glucose tolerance test to be better to detect unknown gestational diabetes than measurement of serum fructosamine.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0044-4197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[Determination of postpartum fructosamine for assessment of gestational diabetes--a suitable method?].
pubmed:affiliation
Frauenklinik, RWTH-Aachen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract