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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes
DOI: 10.1055/a-2500-0411
German Diabetes Associaton: Clinical Practice Guidelines

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

Summary of the S3 Guideline (AWMF register number: 057-008)
Ute Margaretha Schäfer-Graf
1   Berlin Diabetes Centre for Pregnant Women, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, St. Joseph Hospital, Berlin, Germany
,
Katharina Laubner
2   Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
,
Sandra Hummel
3   Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Centre München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Tübingen, Germany
,
Ulrich Gembruch
4   Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 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 Sciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany
,
Dagmar Bancher-Todesca
8   Döbling Private Hospital, Vienna, Austria
,
Mila Cervar-Zivkovic
9   Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, LKH University Hospital Graz, Graz, Austria
,
Irene Hösli
10   Womenʼs Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
,
Matthias Kaltheuner
11   Joint Practice Dres. Kaltheuner/v. Boxberg, Leverkusen, Germany
,
Reinhold Gellner
12   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
,
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
13   Gender Medicine Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
,
Christoph Bührer
14   Department of Neonatology, Charité Medical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
,
Michael Hummel
15   Joint Practice for Internal Medicine and Diabetological Practice, Rosenheim, Germany
16   Research Group Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Centre Munich, Munich, Germany
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The DDG clinical practice guidelines are updated regularly during the second half of the calendar year. Please ensure that you read and cite the respective current version.

UPDATES TO CONTENT AND DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARʼS VERSION

Change 1:

Prevalence increased to 9.6%.

Reason:

Annual survey of prevalence via the perinatal survey.

If applicable, supporting references:

IQTiG 2023 Quality Report.



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Article published online:
29 April 2025

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