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Update on Diabetes in Pregnancy

for anyone caring for the diabetic pregnant woman

Now booking.   Registration fee: £160/£110   Click here to apply for this event.

at The National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3 6LY
on Thursday 16 September 2010
Today’s diabetic obstetric clinics are experiencing a rapid rise in type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes as a consequence of maternal obesity.
This course will discuss the latest treatments and technological advances. It will be valuable for anyone involved in the care of the diabetic pregnant woman.
09:00Registration
09:30Applying the evidence to pregnancy care for women with diabetesMr Andrew McCarthy
Dr Anne Dornhorst
09:50What is the role of oral hypoglycaemic agents in diabetic pregnancies?Professor Richard Holt
10:20The Obesity Audit - CMACEDr Jo Modder
10:50Coffee
11:10What are the barriers to preconception care?
...The consultant’s perspectiveMiss Heulwen Morgan
...Primary care perspectiveDr Mary Pierce
...A patient’s perspective
12:00Do we need to change the definition of GDM?Dr David McCance
Dr Mike Maresh
12:45Lunch
13:30What can the new technologies offer?Dr Nick Oliver
Dr Helen Murphy
14:00Maternal diabetes and developmental programming: insights from the animal worldProfessor Lucilla Poston
14:30What can we learn from Europe? Diabetic pregnancy care in DenmarkProfessor Peter Damm
15:00Case presentations and panel discussion
16:00End of day
 

Now booking.   Registration fee: £160/£110   Click here to apply for this event.

(Where 2 fees are shown, the first applies to doctors, and the second to allied health professionals)