About this trial
The overall goal of this proposal is to create and test an implementation protocol for in-hospital immediate postpartum diabetes screening for postpartum patients with pregnancies affected by GDM.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
pregnancy complicated by GDM as diagnosed with traditional two step testing in the third trimester according to Carpenter-Coustan Criteria
receiving prenatal care at UMASS Memorial and plans to deliver at UMASS Memorial
able and willing to provide informed consent
ability to complete immediate in hospital postpartum glucose testing
Disqualifiers
known diagnosis of pre-existing pre-gestational diabetes in pregnancy
inability to complete oral glucose tolerance test (e.g. gastric bypass surgery history, gastric dumping syndrome history, vomiting of oral glucose tolerance test) in pregnancy or immediately postpartum
systemic steroid use
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Glucose tolerance test (2 hour)
- Active Comparator