Publications by authors named "V L Rudland"

Folate supplementation in the periconceptual period is the standard of care for the prevention of neural tube defects. To support dietary folate intake, some countries have introduced mandatory folic acid fortification of food products. Robust evidence supports the additional use of a low-dose folic acid supplement (0.

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  • A study was conducted to assess how well pregnancy care for women with high blood sugar levels is benchmarked across diabetes services in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on data from 2014 to 2020.
  • The audit analyzed 10,144 pregnancies and found significant variations in treatment methods (like diet vs. medication) and outcomes (like cesarean rates and preterm births) across different centers.
  • The findings suggest that there is potential to enhance the care and outcomes for pregnant women with hyperglycemia by using benchmarking to identify effective policies and clinical practices.
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This is the full version of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) 2020 guideline for pre-existing diabetes and pregnancy. The guideline encompasses the management of women with pre-existing type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes in relation to pregnancy, including preconception, antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care. The management of women with monogenic diabetes or cystic fibrosis-related diabetes in relation to pregnancy is also discussed.

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This is an executive summary of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) 2020 guideline for pre-existing diabetes and pregnancy. The summary focuses on the main clinical practice points for the management of women with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes in relation to pregnancy, including preconception, antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care. The full guideline is available at https://doi.

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The balance between avoiding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 contagion and reducing wider clinical risk is unclear for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) testing. Recent recommendations promote diagnostic approaches that limit collection but increase undiagnosed GDM, which potentially increases adverse pregnancy outcome risks. The most sensitive approach to detecting GDM at 24-28 weeks beyond the two-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is a one-hour OGTT (88% sensitivity).

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