A 29-year-old woman has diet-controlled gestational diabetes. She delivers at 39 weeks without complications. According to Canadian guidelines, how an...

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A 29-year-old woman has diet-controlled gestational diabetes. She delivers at 39 weeks without complications. According to Canadian guidelines, how and when should she be screened postpartum for persistent diabetes?

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75 g oral glucose tolerance test at 6 weeks to 6 months postpartum

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No postpartum testing is required if glucose normalised in pregnancy

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Fasting plasma glucose at 6 weeks postpartum only

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Random plasma glucose at 1 year postpartum only

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HbA1c alone at hospital discharge

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Postpartum screening after gestational diabetes

A 29-year-old woman has diet-controlled gestational diabetes. She delivers at 39 weeks without complications. According to Canadian guidelines, how and when should she be screened postpartum for persistent diabetes?