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Antenatal care and screening
A practice question in the style of the PLAB 1 exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A 33-year-old woman has a 75 g OGTT at 26 weeks. Her fasting glucose is 5.8 mmol/L and her 2-hour value is 7.2 mmol/L. What is the diagnosis?
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The answer is E: Gestational diabetes.
A fasting value of 5.6 mmol/L or more, or a 2-hour value of 7.8 or more, diagnoses gestational diabetes. One abnormal value is enough.
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