Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19, clinical characteristics and review of the literature

A 20-year-old woman was evaluated at a primary healthcare clinic with a complaint of a productive cough of 6-days evolution without dyspnea or fever. She was referred to our center because of hyperglycemia. The patient had a medical history of obesity (BMI of 31.6  kg/m2 at conception), and she was in her first pregnancy at 30 weeks of gestation with a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus during her 27th week of pregnancy with a BMI of 34.8 kg/m2 at the time of her evaluation. Her serum glucose levels after a 75 gram-OGTT were 107 mg/dl (baseline) , 195 mg/dl (1 hour) and 164 mg/dl (2 hours).

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - August 2, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jorge R. Violante-Cumpa, Fernando J. Lavalle-Gonz ález, Leonardo G. Mancillas-Adame, Edmundo D. Ávila-Hipólito, Karla A. Violante-Cumpa Tags: Brief report Source Type: research