ACOG guideline: start postpartum glucose testing earlier

ACOG Practice Bulletin, 2017: “All women with gestational diabetes should be screened 4-12 weeks postpartum for diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, or impaired glucose tolerance. Women with positive screening results should be referred for preventive therapy, and women with negative screening results should receive follow-up testing every three years. A fasting plasma glucose test or a 75-g, two-hour oral glucose tolerance test is appropriate for postpartum screening.”

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