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A primiparous woman attends an appointment with her midwife. She is 29-weeks-pregnant and feeling well. As is standard, her midwife requests a urine sample to dip to check for any infection, protein, or glucose. The results of the test are as follows:
results show glucose trace thats it was should midwife do next
A
nothing
Trace glycosuria is common in pregnancy due to the increased GFR and reduction in tubular reabsorption of filtered glucose
only oral glucose if
f there were concerns about gestational diabetes (i.e more glucose in the urine or macrosomia), an oral glucose tolerance test would be a good next step to investigate this.
