Adverse effects during the oral glucose tolerance test in post-bariatric surgery patients.

Objective: The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is used in the screening of gestational diabetes, in diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in conjunction with fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and risk factors of adverse effects of OGTT in patients who underwent bariatric surgery, in addition to proposing standardization for ordering the OGTT in these patients.

Subjects And Methods: This study assessed the incidence of adverse effects in 128 post-bariatric surgery patients who underwent the OGTT.