Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a regional prepregnancy care (PPC) programme for women with both types 1 and 2 diabetes.Methods: This prospective cohort study included women with pregestational diabetes attending five antenatal centres in the West of Ireland between January 2006 and December 2013. Comparisons were made between those that did and did not attend the PPC programme. Primary outcomes included composite adverse neona...

Pregnancy for women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes is a high-risk time. The Atlantic diabetes in pregnancy (DIP) programme aims to provide coordinated, optimal evidence-based clinical care for women with diabetes over five hospital centres in the West of Ireland. After previously auditing pregnancy outcomes in 2008 and again in 2011 we now look at our 10-year outcomes. Changes in clinical care delivery that have occurred over that time include; the provision of dedicated combi...