Diabetes Care in the Hospital Setting

2016 ADA Guideline Recommendations
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Diabetes Care in the Hospital Setting

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shivani Chaparala M.B.B.S [2]; Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [3]; Tarek Nafee, M.D. [4]

2016 ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Guidelines

"1. Test for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes at the first prenatal visit in those with risk factors, using standard diagnostic criteria. (Level of Evidence: B)"

"2. Test for gestational diabetes mellitus at 24–28 weeks of gestation in pregnant women not previously known to have diabetes. (Level of Evidence: A)"

"3. Screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus for persistent diabetes at 6–12 weeks postpartum, using the oral glucose tolerance test and clinically appropriate nonpregnancy diagnostic criteria (Level of Evidence: E)"

"4. Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus should have lifelong screening for the development of diabetes or prediabetes at least every 3 years. (Level of Evidence: B)"

"5. Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus found to have prediabetes should receive lifestyle interventions or metformin to prevent diabetes. (Level of Evidence: A)"