This document discusses the classification and management of diabetes. It outlines four main categories of diabetes: type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes, and specific types due to other causes. It also discusses screening and managing diabetes during pregnancy, including checking blood pressure at routine visits and confirming elevated readings.

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GUIDELINE
2019
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4. CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF
DIABETESDiabetes can be classified into the following general categories:
1. Type 1 diabetes (due to autoimmune b-cell destruction, usually
leading to absolute insulin deficiency)
2. Type 2 diabetes (due to a progressive loss of b-cell insulin secretion
frequently on the background of insulin resistance)
3. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) (diabetes diagnosed in the
second or third trimester of pregnancy that was not clearly overt
diabetes prior to gestation)
4. Specific types of diabetes due to other causes, e.g., monogenic
diabetes syndromes (such as neonatal diabetes and maturity-onset
diabetes of the young [MODY]), diseases of the exocrine pancreas
(such as cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis), and drug- or chemical-induced
diabetes (such as with glucocorticoid use, in the treatment of HIV/AIDS,
or after organ transplantation)

11. MANAGEMENT

29. Management of Diabetes in pregnancy

35. DIABETES AND
HYPERTENTION

36. Screening and Diagnosis
Recommendations
10.1 Blood pressure should be measured
at every
routine clinical visit.
Patients found to have elevated blood
pressure
($140/90 mmHg) should have blood
pressure
confirmed using multiple readings,
including