Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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High-Risk Perinatal Care: Preexisting Conditions — Maternal Child Nursing Care▶ 7:00Put everyone on high alertSo how does White's system handle gestational diabetes, GDM, which is diagnosed in the second or third trimesterFor GDM, it's much simplerGestational Complications & High-Risk Pregnancy — Perry's Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada▶ 21:15Patients must be counseled on aggressive lifestyle modifications, postbirth managing weight, diet, smoking cessation, because the care you provide today impacts their…That sets a powerful precedent for long -term health, which is a perfect segue to gestational diabetes mellitus, or GDMThis is elevated glucose that's first recognized during pregnancyNutrition During Pregnancy: Conditions and Interventions — Nutrition Through the Life Cycle▶ 7:49But in some women, their pancreas just can't produce enough extra insulin to overcome that resistanceThat leads to high blood sugar, and that's gestational diabetes mellitus or GDMIt affects roughly six to nine percent of pregnancies, maybe even more now