@article {17, title = {Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pakistan: Undiagnosed Threat to Pregnant Women}, journal = {Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {December 2019}, pages = {80}, type = {Letter to Editor}, chapter = {80}, abstract = {

Dear Editor,

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a rare disorder and due to non-uniformity in its diagnostic criteria and changes over time in the recommended glucose values,[1] it is a major and a severe problem during pregnancy. But the time has reached to draw peoples{\textquoteright} attention towards this major medical complication of pregnancy. Women with risk factors such as age greater than 25 years; being overweight i.e., BMI \> 27kg/m2 before pregnancy and BMI \> 30kg/m2 during pregnancy; family history of diabetes; the previous history of pregnancy-induced hypertension and weight of the previous baby of >=4.5kg have a greater incidence of hyperglycemia during their pregnancy period.[2]

}, keywords = {Nil}, doi = {10.5530/jppcm.2019.4.20}, author = {Maria Tahir and Noman ul Haq and Arooj Abid and Abeera Zafar} }