Advancing Diabetes Care in Pregnancy: Recent Progress in Clinical Management and Research
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology & Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 April 2025 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editors
2. Clinic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: diabetes in pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; preterm birth; pregnancy complications
2. Clinic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: diabetes in pregnancy; continuous glucose monitoring; pregnancy complications; obesity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the International Diabetes Federation, an estimated 1.8% of live births worldwide occur in women with pregestational diabetes, with an increase to be expected in the following decades. Although not as common as gestational diabetes, pregestational diabetes poses even more severe risks to the mother and fetus, as it is often associated with pre-existing complications, impairing the development of the fetus and placenta from the very beginning. Moreover, diabetes types 1 and 2 differ significantly in pathophysiology, associated comorbidities, and complications and thus present distinct management challenges. Despite all the efforts and resources devoted to research, many important issues remain to be addressed. Among others, these include the impact of structured preconception care and interventions for weight loss and the assessment of associated complications on pregnancy outcomes, the best use of existing technologies for glucose control and insulin delivery, biomarkers and determinants of optimal fetal and placental development and growth, and predictors of impending complications.
The scope of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of recent advances in the field of pregestational diabetes (type 1 and 2). We encourage all professionals involved in the care of pregnant women with pregestational diabetes to submit original articles or reviews to enrich this Special Issue.
Dr. Patrik Šimják
Dr. Kateřina Anderlová
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- management
- treatment
- complications
- glucose control
- biomarkers
- preconception counselling
- postpartum
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