List of dynamic tests
Purpose
To screen for or diagnose gestational diabetes.
Subject preparation
Fasting overnight.
Product
Glucose (sachet or oral solution: 50 g or 100 g).
Dose
- Screening: 50 g dissolved in 100 ml water administered orally.
- Diagnosis: 100 g dissolved in 250 ml water administered orally.
Protocol
Sample at T0 (1 fluoride or iodo-acetate tube).
1.Screening:
- Oral administration of the correct dose of glucose.
- Sample (1 fluoride or iodo-acetate tube) at time interval: T+60 min.
2. Diagnosis:
- Oral administration of the correct dose of glucose.
- Samples (fluoride or iodo-acetate tubes) at time intervals: T+60, T+120 and T+180 min.
Samples
Immediately cold-centrifuge the blood samples taken at each time interval, draw off the plasma and store at +4°C.
Assays
Glycaemia.