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040			_cFEU-NRMF MEDICAL LIBRARY
041			_aEnglish
050			_aOB20080007
100			_aTan, Claudine J., MD.
245			_aSocio- demographic Characteristics of Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus at FEU-NRMF Medical Center
260			_aQuezon City _bFEU-NRMF _c2008
300			_ano pages
336			_aText
337			_aUnmediated
338			_aVolume
520			_aABSTRACT: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has long been considered a controversial condition to diagnose by medical practitioners all over the world. Its clinical importance and impact on both the mother and the fetus has not been resolved completely because of the lack of uniformity in detection and diagnosis of GDM. This paper aims to review GDM cases from January 2000 to November 2008 at FEU - NRMF Medical Center, and examine socio-demographic characteristic of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and to determine the outcome. This is an analytic type of study. A total of 65 cases with GDM were identified from 9,000 obstetric admission from January 2000 to November 2008, with a rate of 0. 7% in the past 7 years. Majority of patients who develop GDM are those in their 30`s, married, multiparious, overweight to obese, employed, and college educated. Complications include fetal macrosomia, preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, fetal distress, urinary tract infection and preeterm labor, increasing the rate of cesarean section as mmanner of delivery
521			_aresearch
700			_4co-investigator _aOlivar, Joseph U., MD.
700			_4supervising investigator _aReyes, Lylah D., MD.
887			_aRES RR0015
942			_2lcc _cRE