Maternity

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus has become one of the major concerns in India which can lead to poor outcome in pregnancy and increases the risk to both mother and new-born baby. The term GDM should now be limited to hyperglycaemia discovered during normal prenatal testing (usually between 24 and 28 weeks) that does not fulfil the criteria for overt diabetes, according to recent consensus1.Therefore, many diagnostic criteria and glucose cut off values have been proposed by different organizations and professional bodies to diagnose GDM.  It is owing to a defect in pancreatic β cell function that occurs both during and after…

Since its beginning in healthcare, obstetric ultrasonography has played a key role in obstetrics. Most pregnant women in the industrialized world have had ultrasound tests at some point during their pregnancy, while the frequency and number of scans vary widely depending on countries and situations. Ultrasound has a wide range of uses in obstetrics, including screening, diagnosis, and foetal monitoring. The advantages of routine (screening) ultrasonography include determining gestational age, detecting multiple births, locating the placenta, assessing foetal wellness, and detecting prenatal defects. Furthermore, ultrasound is useful in the monitoring and management of high-risk pregnancies in order to decrease perinatal…