Management of Pregnant Women after Bariatric Surgery
Table 2
Suggestions for diagnosis of gestational diabetes and overt diabetes in early pregnancy (<20 weeks of gestation) following metabolic surgery using capillary blood glucose monitoring (adapted from [40, 41]).
Fasting
≥95 mg/dl
1 h postprandially
In patients after gastric bypass/bariatric surgery of unknown significance (see text)
2 h postprandially
≥120 mg/dl
Overt diabetes diagnosis
Fasting
≥126 mg/dl
HbA1c
≥6.5%
Random
In patients after gastric bypass/bariatric surgery of unknown significance (see text)
HbA1c values are applicable after bariatric surgery. Hypoglycaemia can also occur more than two hours after meal intake.