METHOD OF DIAGNOSING GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G01N33/50 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of medicine, namely to a method of diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women, which includes carrying out a blood test in the morning on an empty stomach with the determination of the venous plasma glucose content. The essence of the method consists in the fact that if the level of venous plasma on an empty stomach is lower than 5.1 mmole/l, detection of diabetes risk factors: obesity with an initial, pre-pregnancy, excess body weight of more or equal 30 kg/m², or diabetes mellitus of 2 type in the nearest relatives, or impairment of carbohydrate exchange in past medical history, or glycosoria, in pregnancy terms before 24 weeks, determination of capillary blood glucose is performed by continuous monitoring for 3 days. If registered are: one or several indices of the level of glucose in venous plasma blood on an empty stomach higher or equal to 5.1 mmole/l, but lower than 7.0 mmole/l, one hour after meal, index of the level of glucose in venous plasma higher or equal to 10 mmole/l, 2 hours after meal, index of the level of glucose in venous plasma higher or equal to 8.5 mmole/l gestational diabetes mellitus is diagnosed.

EFFECT: application of the claimed method makes it possible to increase the efficiency of diagnostics of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women.

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