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ReviewJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2014

Gestational diabetes mellitus: insulinic management.

Navneet Magon, Veerasamy Seshiah

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Review in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Review
  6. Could Metformin Manage Gestational Diabetes Mellitus instead of Insulin?International journal of reproductive medicine · 2016
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  7. Review
  8. Gestational diabetes mellitus: challenges in diagnosis and management.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2015
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Navneet MagonHead, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Air Force Hospital, Jorhat, Assam India.
Veerasamy SeshiahDr. V. Seshiah Diabetes Research Institute & Dr. Balaji Diabetes Care Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.
Command Hospital Air Force · INDr V Seshiah Diabetes Research Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic pregnancies have attendant risks. Adverse fetal, neonatal, and maternal outcomes in a diabetic pregnancy can be avoided by optimum glycemic control. Most pregnancies with GDM can be managed with non-insulinic management, which includes medical nutrition therapy. However, many necessitate concomitant insulinic management. The new insulin analogs present undoubted advantages in reducing the risk of hypoglycemia, mainly during the night, and in promoting a more physiologic glycemic profile in pregnant women with diabetes. Rapid-acting insulin analogs seem to be safe and efficient in reducing postprandial glucose levels more proficiently than regular human insulin, with less hypoglycemia. The long-acting insulin analogs do not have a pronounced peak effect as NPH insulin, and cause less hypoglycemia, mainly during the night. The review focuses on glycemic goals in pregnancy, insulinic management of GDM, and posology of insulin and its analogs. Clear understanding of the insulinic management of GDM is essential for women's health care providers to provide comprehensive care to women whose pregnancies are complicated with diabetes and rechristen the ''diabetic capital of the world'' to the ''diabetic care capital of the world.''

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AspartDetemirDiabetesGDMInsulinLisproPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID24757334
PMCPMC3984640
OpenAlexW1974949964

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