Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To determine if the impact of pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose levels and post load glucose levels on large for gestational age neonates varies with ethnicity.Data sources: Electronic health records of all eligible pregnant women in an inner city service. Study designRetrospective analysis of pregnant women at risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (2016-2019) of. Population or sampleEligible pregnant women. Synth...

Hypercalcaemia in pregnancy is a rare but important finding, given the associated potential risks to mother and baby. These include hypertension, pancreatitis, nephrolithiasis and renal failure in the mother and intrauterine growth restriction, neonatal hypoparathyroidism/hypocalcaemia and stillbirth in the baby (1). We present the case of a 26-year-old female with a background of PTH-independent hypercalcaemia of unknown aetiology. This was initially detected at age 6 months ...