Therapeutic Strategies for Diabetes in Pregnancy
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology & Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2018) | Viewed by 44568
Special Issue Editor
Interests: diabetes in pregnancy, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes in pregnancy, and gestational diabetes. I am particularly interested in the association between maternal glycaemic variability and foetal overgrowth.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, comprising pre-existing type 1 or type 2 diabetes in pregnancy and gestational diabetes, is rising in incidence and is associated with an increased likelihood of adverse perinatal outcomes. Women with diabetes in pregnancy are at greater risk of pre-term delivery, complications in delivery and unplanned caesarean sections, and poor neonatal outcomes, such as macrosomia, birth injuries and hypoglycaemia. Furthermore, in utero exposure to hyperglycaemia can lead to a predisposition towards obesity and chronic disease in adult life.
The management of diabetes in pregnancy comprises a multi-disciplinary approach, wherein diabetes educators, dieticians, midwives, obstetricians and endocrinologists play a pivotal role. However, due to a combination of factors including more stringent diagnostic criteria and higher rates of risk factors for gestational diabetes in women of reproductive age, there is an increasing strain on the healthcare system to provide care to women with diabetes in pregnancy. Thus, it is of significant clinical importance that new therapeutic strategies are devised, such that optimal care is provided to pregnant women with diabetes and better perinatal outcomes can be achieved.
The care of both pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy and gestational diabetes overlap and span the entire prenatal and antenatal period. Pre-pregnancy optimisation of glycaemic control is fundamental to avoiding the risk of congenital anomalies in women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes; likewise, maintaining a body weight and BMI in the healthy range is important for all women entering pregnancy. Achieving target blood glucose levels and minimising glycaemic excursions through frequent blood glucose monitoring, appropriate dietary changes and use of anti-hyperglycaemic medications, such as metformin and insulin, are also central features of diabetes in pregnancy management. Furthermore, early identification of women at increased risk of gestational diabetes as well as those with unrecognised diabetes in pregnancy, such that education and intervention can be provided, contribute towards minimisation of pregnancy complications and improved outcomes for both mother and neonate.
This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine will detail the most recent advances in therapies for diabetes in pregnancy, as well as provide an up-to-date overview of strategies that can be employed to ensure this population of women with high-risk pregnancies, and their neonates, have the best outcomes.
Dr. Rachel McGrath
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gestational diabetes
- pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy
- glycemic control
- perinatal outcomes
- antenatal diabetes care
- birth weight
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