Perinatal significance of diagnosing glucose intolerance during pregnancy with portable glucose meter.

Objective: To evaluate the effect on perinatal outcome of replacing glucose measurements for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus in central laboratories with those obtained by portable glucose meter.

Study Design: Simultaneously, venous blood samples were taken at the 100-g glucose tolerance test, and finger capillary blood glucose levels were also measured with a portable glucose meter in 180 pregnant patients. Patient management was according to the venous plasma glucose results.