Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To analyze the data of patients seen at the Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit, assessing the frequency of pregnancy planning and whether there are differences in the degree of metabolic control before and during pregnancy, as well as in perinatal outcomes with respect to those who do not plan. All women of childbearing age with Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus(PGDM) should receive preconception counseling to optimize glycemic control, since preconception control is assoc...

Introduction: In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Group of Diabetes and Pregnancy published a consensus document establishing the alternative diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in case of impossibility to perform the two-step traditional approach due to the COVID-19 sanitary emergency. This study aims to compare different characteristics of pregnant women who tested positive in the O’Sullivan test in the same pregnancy trimester...

Introduction: Overt thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy without an early diagnosis and treatment may lead to an increased risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this study, our goal was to assess the results of the development of a laboratory alerting system for the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction in the first trimester of pregnancy. Material and methods: Observational retrospective study evaluating clinical and biochemical data from pregnant wome...