A 30-year-old primigravida at 10 weeks' gestation attends her first antenatal visit. She has no risk factors for gestational diabetes. According to Ca...

Question

A 30-year-old primigravida at 10 weeks' gestation attends her first antenatal visit. She has no risk factors for gestational diabetes. According to Canadian guidance, when should she be screened for gestational diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Between 24 and 28 weeks with a 50 g glucose challenge test followed, if abnormal, by an oral glucose tolerance test

Answer

At the first visit using fasting glucose only

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At 12 weeks' gestation with HbA1c

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No screening is necessary in low-risk women

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Only postpartum with a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Gestational diabetes screening

A 30-year-old primigravida at 10 weeks' gestation attends her first antenatal visit. She has no risk factors for gestational diabetes. According to Canadian guidance, when should she be screened for gestational diabetes?