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Review
. 2018 May;61(5):1012-1021.
doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4545-y. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

Diabetes in pregnancy: a new decade of challenges ahead

Ute Schaefer-Graf  1   2 , Angela Napoli  3 , Christopher J Nolan  4   5 ; Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group
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Review

Diabetes in pregnancy: a new decade of challenges ahead

Ute Schaefer-Graf et al. Diabetologia. 2018 May.

Abstract

Every 10 years, the Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group, a study group of the EASD, conducts an audit meeting to review the achievements of the preceding decade and to set the directions for research and clinical practice improvements for the next decade. The most recent meeting focused on the following areas: improving pregnancy outcomes for women with pregestational type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes; the influence of obesity and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcomes; the determinants and assessment of fetal growth and development; and public health issues, including consideration of transgenerational consequences and economic burden. The audit meeting also considered the likely impact of 'omics' on research within the field and the potential of these technologies to enable precision-medicine approaches to management. Through sharing of the findings and ideas of audit meeting participants, the DPSG hopes to promote networking, research and advances in clinical care, to improve outcomes for all women and their offspring affected by diabetes and obesity in pregnancy.

Keywords: Fetus; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Placenta; Pregnancy; Review; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.

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