A 32-year-old woman attends her GP surgery for her booking appointment at 9 weeks of gestation. She has a BMI of 34 kg/m², a family history of type 2 ...

Question

A 32-year-old woman attends her GP surgery for her booking appointment at 9 weeks of gestation. She has a BMI of 34 kg/m², a family history of type 2 diabetes in her mother, and had a baby weighing 4.8 kg in her previous pregnancy. Which is the single most appropriate screening test to arrange for gestational diabetes?

Accepted Answer

75 g oral glucose tolerance test at 24-28 weeks

Answer

Random blood glucose at 16 weeks

Answer

Fasting blood glucose at 24 weeks

Answer

HbA1c at booking and 28 weeks

Answer

75 g oral glucose tolerance test at 16-18 weeks

uk-drcog MCQ (SBA): Gestational Diabetes Screening