Basics and General
During which trimester is gestational diabetes most commonly diagnosed?
What is the second trimester?
This organ is responsible for producing the insulin that the body struggles to use effectively during gestational diabetes.
what is the first-line treatment for gestational diabetes?
what is diet and exercise?
List two common risk factors for gestational diabetes.
what is: overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, family history, smoking, poor diet, age, etc.
True or False: Gestational diabetes only occurs in women who were overweight before pregnancy.
False
How does gestational diabetes differ from pre-gestational diabetes?
GDM develops during pregnancy, PGDM exists before pregnancy.
Insulin resistance increases as pregnancy progresses because of hormones produced by what organ?
what is the placenta?
What are the 3 P's of high blood sugar / diabetes?
what are polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia?
Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes are more likely to be ______ for gestational age.
what is large (LGA)?
Gestational diabetes affects approximately this percentage of pregnancies.
what is 5-10% (approximately)
What happens to blood glucose levels (in mother) after delivery?
They return to normal.
This, indicating glucose in the urine, is a warning sign of gestational diabetes.
what is glycosuria?
If blood glucose levels remain uncontrolled, what is the first-line pharmacotherapy treatment?
what is insulin?
what is a common complication of a baby born large for gestational age (LGA)?
what is shoulder dystocia (birth trauma), hypoglycemia, respiratory distress.
True or False: Most women with gestational diabetes will have noticeable symptoms during pregnancy.
False
A condition in which the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin.
what is insulin resistance?
True or False: Gestational diabetes reveals underlying insulin resistance that may persist after pregnancy.
True
This type of exercise stimulates glucose utilization and helps manage blood sugar levels.
what is aerobic exercise?
This is the primary, dangerous, and common complication for the baby if blood sugar is not controlled.
what is macrosomia?
The screening for gestational diabetes typically occurs between these weeks of gestation.
what is 24 and 28 weeks?
Women who have gestational diabetes are at increased risk for developing this later in life.
what is type 2 diabetes?
This placental hormone increases insulin resistance.
what is Human placental lactogen (hPL)
Why is insulin the preferred medication for gestational diabetes when pharmacologic treatment is needed?
It does not cross the placenta and is safe for the fetus
Women with gestational diabetes are at increased risk for developing ______ due to pregnancy-related insulin resistance.
What is pre-eclampsia?
Which key physiologic feature distinguishes gestational diabetes from type 1 diabetes, despite both causing hyperglycemia during pregnancy?
what is the absence of autoimmune beta-cell destruction?