Lecture Hall CDE | General

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Available Credits
CPME 0.75
CDR 1
ACPE 0.75
CEU 0.75

Lois Jovanovic
Lois Jovanovic, MD
CEO and Chief Scientific Officer
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Southern California-Keck School of Medicine
Adjunt Professor of Biomolecular Science and Engineering
University of California-Santa Barbara
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Lois Jovanovic, an international expert on diabetes in the pregnant patient, offers a thorough and informative overview of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. She reviews the reasons for tight glucose control during pregnancy and what these goal numbers should be. Emphasis is placed on how to manage the pregnant patient with diabetes mellitus in terms of glucose monitoring and specific treatment recommendations based on the best known studies. A comparison of current insulins available is made, as well as, a brief discussion on which diabetic medications are acceptable in pregnancy.

Goal and Objective
After participating in this activity, the viewer should be better able to:
1. Become aware of the epidemiology of diabetes in pregnancy.
2. Identify the pathophysiology of how hyperglycemia in pregnancy affects the fetus.
3. Be able to institute the proper management of the gestational diabetic patient and understand the intensity of glucose monitoring required.
4. Recognize how carbohydrates affect the gestational diabetic and her glucose control.
5. Review both short and long acting insulins that have been studied within the gestational diabetic patient.

Estimated time to complete this activity is 50 minutes.

Physicians, diabetes educators, and other health care professionals who treat patients with diabetesPhysicians, diabetes educators, and other health care professionals who treat patients with diabetes.
Accreditation and Designation of Credit
The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (OCPM) is an approved sponsor of Continuing Podiatric Medical Education through the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME).

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Method of Participation
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Lois Jovanovic, MD has disclosed that she has worked for or performed work for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.