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Book 2 Unit 7

Select the one best answer to each question (unless otherwise instructed). Record your answers on the test.
Pregestational diabetes can be diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) develops because the hormonal changes of pregnancy make a pregnant woman more resistant to the insulin her body produces.
After diagnosis is confirmed, GDM should be treated with insulin therapy.
It is desirable to keep the maternal fasting blood glucose level above 120 mg/dl throughout pregnancy .
Black women are at increased risk for GDM .
Pregnant women with an early 1-hour (50-g) oral glucose toler­ ance test (OGTI) blood glucose level above 140 mg/dl should have a standard 3-hour (100-g) OGTI value obtained to diagnose GDM.
Women with pregestational diabetes mellitus and women with GDM have the same risk of having a baby with congenital malformatio n(s).
Nearly all women with GDM will develop diabetes mellitus later in life.
Pregnant women with gestational diabetes are at increased risk for developing preeclampsia
GDM is diagnosed with a 3-hour (100-g) OGTI value when results from 2 or more testing periods (fasting, 1-hour, 2-hour, or 3-hour values) are above the reference range.
Generally, a planned delivery at 36 to 37 weeks of gestation is recommended when GDM is diagnosed
Insulin therapy may be needed during labor for women with GDM, even if insulin was not needed earlier in pregnancy
During the peripartum period, women with GDM should routinely receive all of these, except
Increased neonatal risks from maternal GDM include
   
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Which of the following indicate that a woman might be at increased risk for the development of GDM?
   
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Which of the following actions are recommended for pregnant women with GDM?
   
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