Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in adults" and "Society guideline links: Blood glucose monitoring".)

International

●International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF): Management of gestational diabetes in the community – Training manual for community health workers

●Endocrine Society (ES): Clinical practice guideline for the management of individuals with diabetes at high risk for hypoglycemia (2023)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Classification of diabetes mellitus (2019)

●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Initiative on gestational diabetes mellitus – A pragmatic guide for diagnosis, management, and care (2015)

●American Diabetes Association (ADA) and ES: Consensus statement on hypoglycemia and diabetes (2013)

●WHO: Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy (2013)

●International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG): The hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcome (HAPO) study – Paving the way for new diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (2010)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform routine urinalysis (protein, glucose) at every antenatal visit (in low risk normotensive women) (updated 2021)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline on diabetes in pregnancy (2019)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and maternal obesity part 1 – Pre-conception and prenatal care (2019)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and maternal obesity part 2 – Team planning for delivery and postpartum care (2019)

●Diabetes Canada: Clinical practice guidelines on diabetes and pregnancy (2018)

●Diabetes Canada: Clinical practice guidelines on hyperglycemic emergencies in adults (2018)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on physical activity and exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2020, reaffirmed 2023)

●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus (2023)

●ADA: Standards of care in diabetes (2023)

●American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE): Clinical practice guideline for developing a diabetes mellitus comprehensive care plan, update (2022)

●Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Choosing Wisely – Don't perform antenatal testing on women with the diagnosis of gestational diabetes who are well controlled by diet alone and without other indications for testing (2014, revised 2022)

●American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Clinical preventive service recommendation on diabetes screening, adults (2021)

●ACOG and SMFM: Committee opinion on indications for outpatient antenatal fetal surveillance (2021)

●ADA and European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD): A consensus report on the management of type 1 diabetes in adults (2021)

●SMFM: Consult series for the use of antenatal corticosteroids for individuals at risk for late preterm delivery (2021)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on gestational diabetes – Screening (2021)

●SMFM: Special statement on the updated checklist for antepartum care of pregestational diabetes mellitus (2020)

●Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND): Gestational diabetes evidence-based nutrition practice guideline (2018)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin on gestational diabetes mellitus (2018)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin on pregestational diabetes mellitus (2018)

●SMFM: Statement on the pharmacological treatment of gestational diabetes (2018)

●ADA and Endocrine Society (ES): Consensus statement on hypoglycemia and diabetes (2013)

●ADA: Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus (2011)

Europe

●American Diabetes Association (ADA) and European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD): A consensus report on the management of type 1 diabetes in adults (2021)

United Kingdom

●Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS-IP): Management of hyperglycaemia and steroid (glucocorticoid) therapy (2023)

●JBDS-IP: Managing diabetes and hyperglycaemia during labour and birth (2023)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on antenatal care (2012, updated 2023)

●NICE: Quality standard on diabetes in pregnancy (2016, updated 2023)

●NICE: Guideline on antenatal care (2021)

●NICE: Guideline on diabetes in pregnancy – Management from preconception to the postnatal period (2015, updated 2020)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Green-top guideline for the care of women with obesity in pregnancy (2018)

●JBDS-IP: Management of glycaemic control in pregnant women with diabetes on obstetric wards and delivery units (2017)

●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): Management of diabetes – A national clinical guideline (2010, updated 2017)

●Diabetes UK: Position statements reports on preconception care for women with diabetes (2015)

India

●International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF): Management of gestational diabetes in the community – Training manual for community health workers

●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Guidelines for management of type 1 diabetes (2022)

●Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI): Clinical practice recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (2022)

●ICMR: Guidelines for management of type 2 diabetes (2018)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS): Guideline for pre-existing diabetes and pregnancy (2020)

●Diabetes Australia, Australian Diabetes Society (ADS), Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA), and ADIPS: Position statement on gestational diabetes in Australia (2020)

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Diabetes Australia: Management of type 2 diabetes – A handbook for general practice (2020)

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) (2017)

●ADIPS: Consensus guidelines for the testing and diagnosis of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in Australia and New Zealand (1991, modified 2014)

●ADS: Position statement for individualization of HbA1c targets for adults with diabetes mellitus (2009)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics edition (2023)

●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)

●[In English] Japan Diabetes Society (JDS): Japanese clinical practice guideline for diabetes, 2019 (published 2020)

●[In Japanese] JDS: Clinical practice guidelines for diabetes (2019)

South Asia

●South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies (SAFES): Recommendations and action plan on gestational diabetes mellitus (2018)