Well-Treated GDM doesn’t Worsen Obstetric Outcomes in Obese Women |Biomedgrid

Aim: To compare obstetric outcomes in obese women with and without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Methods: This is a single-centre retrospective study carried out on the obese pregnant women's charts in a 5-year period. After an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for GDM screening, obese women who developed GDM were carefully treated by the same diabetologist. The outcome measures considered were caesarean section rate in emergency, pre-term birth, gestational hypertension and large for gestational age babies.