Question

A 35-year-old woman, 8 weeks postpartum after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes managed with diet, presents for follow-up. According to Diabetes Canada and SOGC, which test should be arranged to screen for persistent dysglycaemia?

Accepted Answer

75 g oral glucose tolerance test between 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum

Answer

Random capillary glucose only

Answer

HbA1c at 12 months postpartum only

Answer

No testing is needed if she is asymptomatic

Answer

Fasting plasma glucose at 5 years postpartum only

Practice question

A 35-year-old woman, 8 weeks postpartum after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes managed with diet, presents for follow-up. According to Diabetes Canada and SOGC, which test should be arranged to screen for persistent dysglycaemia?