ATLANTIC DIP: pregnancy outcome for women with pregestational diabetes along the Irish Atlantic seaboard.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Prospective evaluation of pregnancy outcomes in pregestational diabetes along the Atlantic seaboard 2006-2007. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The Atlantic Diabetes in Pregnancy group, representing five antenatal centers in a wide geographical location, was established in 2005. All women with diabetes for >6 months before the index pregnancy were included. Results were collected electronically via the DIAMOND Diabetes Information System. Pregnancy outcome was compared with background rates. RESULTS: There were 104 singleton pregnancies. The stillbirth rate (25/1,000) was 5 times, perinatal mortality rate (25/1,000) 3.5 times, and congenital malformation rate (24/1,000) 2 times that of the background population. A total of 28% of women received prepregnancy care, 43% received prepregnancy folic acid, and 51% achieved an A1C

Author information

Author/s: Dunne, Fidelma P (FP); Avalos, Gloria (G); Durkan, Meave (M); Mitchell, Yvonne (Y); Gallacher, Therese (T); Keenan, Marita (M); Hogan, Marie (M); Carmody, Louise A (LA); Gaffney, Geraldine (G); ATLANTIC DIP collaborators;

Affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. fidelma.dunne(-atsign-)nuigalway.ie

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Diabetes care (Diabetes Care), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 32 (issue 7) : pp 1205-6

Dates: Created 2009/06/30; Completed 2009/09/28;

PMID: 19564472, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/28/2009, IMS Date: )

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