Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetic nephropathy represents one of the most common causes of end-stage renal disease. During pregnancy it is associated with an increased perinatal morbidity as a striking result of the consistently high rate of preterm deliveries, mainly due to the frequent development of pre-eclampsia.Aim: To describe pregnancy outcome in type 1 diabetic women with normoalbuminuria, microalbuminuria, or diabetic nephropathy after implementation of an in...

Background: Diabetes microangiopathy is an important negative factor, that affects directly the maternal and neonatal morbidity.The objective: To determine the risk factors for the morbidity of the mothers and their fetus in patients with diabetic retinopathy and/or nephropathy.Methods and design: We followed the course of 50 pregnancies in diabetic woman with nephropathy and/or retinopathy and 50 other pregnancies in diabetic woma...