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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2021; 129(S 01): S9-S19
DOI: 10.1055/a-1284-6011
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), Diagnostics, Therapy and Follow-up Care

Practice recommendation - Summary of the S3 guideline (AWMF register number: 057–008)
Ute Schäfer-Graf
1   Berlin Diabetes Center for pregnant women, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, St. Joseph Hospital, Berlin, Germany
,
Katharina Laubner
2   Department of Internal Medicine II, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
,
Sandra Hummel
3   Institute for Diabetes Research, Research Center for Health and Environment (GmbH), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
,
Ulrich Gembruch
4   Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
,
Tanja Groten
5   Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena, Germany
,
Franz Kainer
6   Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Hallerwiese Hospital, Nuremberg, Germany
,
Melita Grieshop
7   Protestant University of Applied Science, Berlin, Germany
,
Dagmar Bancher-Todesca
8   Döbling Private Hospital, Vienna, Austria
,
Mila Cervar-Zivakovic
9   Division of Obstetrics, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, LKH- University Hospital Graz, Austria
,
Irene Hösli
10   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
,
Matthias Kaltheuner
11   Joint practice Dres. Kaltheuner/v. Boxberg, Leverkusen
,
Reinhold Gellner
12   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
,
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
13   Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
,
Christoph Bührer
14   Department of Neonatology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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Correction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), Diagnostics, Therapy and Follow-up CareExp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2021; 129(S 01): e1-e1
DOI: 10.1055/a-1700-0752

Preliminary Note

This practice guideline on gestational diabetes is a practical summary of the evidence-based S3 guideline available on the Internet (https://www.awmf.org/uploads/tx_szleitlinien/057–008l_S3_Gestationsdiabetes-mellitus-GDM-Diagnostik-Therapie-Nachsorge_2019–06.PDF), published by the German Diabetes Society (Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft - DDG) and the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe - DGGG), Working Group Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine (ArbeitsgemAGG).

It replaces the recommendations of DDG and DGGG for the diagnosis and therapy of gestational diabetes dated 2011 and was first published in 03/2018 (planned revision: 03/2019). The primary goal of the guideline is to improve and standardize the prevention, screening, diagnosis, therapy and follow-up care of gestational diabetes through evidence-based recommendations for the outpatient and inpatient sectors.



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