Mixed meal tolerance test as a screening method for gestational diabetes: A narrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Pragosa, Caroline
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lages, Marlene, Pereira, Cidália, Guarino, Maria Pedro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6673
• topic: Diagnosis; Gestational diabetes; Glucose Tolerance Test; Hyperglycemia; Mixed meal

The oral glucose tolerance test is, to this day, the gold standard method to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus, even though it can cause various side effects. To outcome this problem, a few studies have tested the use of a Mixed Meal Tolerance Test in pregnant women as an alternative to the glucose load, which are reviewed in this article. After analyzing these studies, it can be concluded that the Mixed Meal Tolerance Test could be a viable alternative to the gold standard, although further studies should be conducted.