Search for dissertations about: "gestational diabetes mellitus"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words gestational diabetes mellitus.

  2. 16. Being Born Large for Gestational Age : Metabolic and Epidemiological Studies

    Author : Fredrik Ahlsson; Jan Gustafsson; Uwe Ewald; Torsten Tuvemo; Olle Hernell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; large for gestational; glucose production; lipolysis; insulin resistance; intergenerational; gestational diabetes mellitus; stable isotopes; pregnant women; newborn infant; Palliative medicine; Palliativ medicin;

    Abstract : Obesity is a major health problem in the Western world. Mean birth weight has increased during the last 25 years. One explanation is that the proportion of large for gestational age (LGA) infants has increased. Such infants risk developing obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life. READ MORE

  4. 17. Human adipose tissue morphology and function : relation to insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance with focus on pregnancy and women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus

    Author : Henrik Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adipose tissue; Adipocyte; Adipokines; Insulin resistance; Pregnancy; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Type 2 diabetes;

    Abstract : Obesity is a global health problem and affects women of reproductive age. During pregnancy, obesity increases the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), in turn predisposing for type 2 diabetes (T2D). READ MORE

  5. 18. Women's call for caring care : perspectives of Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus about beliefs, self-care behavior, quality of care and lived experience

    Author : Li Ge; Mikael Rask; Kerstin Wikby; Janeth Jeksell; Jimmie Kristensson; Elizabeth Svalenius; Marie Oscarsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gestational diabetes; Beliefs; Behavior; Care; Lived experience; China; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore the perspectives of Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) focused on their beliefs about health and illness and self-care behavior, the quality of care in China, and their lived experience.                      All the studies were conducted with qualitative methodology using individual interviews. READ MORE

  6. 19. Hyperglycaemia during pregnancy : The challenge of screening and deciding diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes in Sweden

    Author : Maryam de Brun; Helena Backman; David Simmons; Per Ovesen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gestational diabetes mellitus; screening; prevalence; maternal and neonatal outcomes; health economic analysis;

    Abstract : Hyperglycaemia during pregnancy is one of the most common complicationsof pregnancy. In 2013, the World Health Organisation recommended diagnostic criteria (WHO-2013) for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), whichremains controversial due to an expected increase in prevalence, and the uncertainty as to the clinical relevance of treating these additional women or its cost-effectiveness. READ MORE

  7. 20. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in North India. Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, Pathophysiological Aspects and Genetic and Non-Genetic Origin in the State of Punjab

    Author : Geeti Puri Arora; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
    Keywords : Gestational dabetes mellitus; oral glucose tolerance test; type 2 diabetes; prevalence; diagnostic criteria; genetic variant; ethnic groups; insulin secretion; insulin resistance;

    Abstract : Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) defines an unhealthy state of hyperglycaemia that develops in response to an otherwise normal physiological adaptive insulin resistance state during pregnancy. However, the exact plasma glucose levels differentiating the unhealthy GDM state from a normal pregnancy is unknown, and relies upon arbitrary cut off criteria based on associations with adverse health outcomes in mother and child. READ MORE