[Screening for diabetes during pregnancy (author's transl)]

Abstract

Screening for diabetes, or more commonly the study of maternal glucose tolerance, a routine procedure during pregnancy. The first step consists of assessing the diabetic risk for the patient. Screening tests should be applied early if risk factors for diabetes are present, and/or at a later stage in all pregnant women. The initial test should always be provoked hyperglycemia by the intravenous route. According to the value of the glucose assimilation coefficient K, the test will be repeated using the oral route. Screening can only be effective if applied to all pregnant women.