Summary and Recommendations of the Third International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

The Third International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) was convened in Chicago, Illinois, on 8 November 1990 as an invitational meeting sponsored by the American Diabetes Association with the cooperation of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The meeting provided a forum for the review of new information concerning GDM in the areas of diagnosis and prevalence, perinatal and long-range implications, and management strategies.