Diagnosis

Three Cochrane reviews published in August covered the topic of diabetes during pregnancy, finding that more research is needed to guide the best strategy for detecting gestational diabetes and to establish whether preconception care is beneficial for women with type 1 or 2 diabetes.

Neonatal diabetes could be detected as early as day 5 of life using glucose measurements from dried blood spots, researchers report.

McCabe CF, Perng W. Curr Diab Rep 2017; 17: 57. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0890-3

Eye 2017; 31: 1122–1130. doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.64

Chiefari et al. J Endocrinol Invest 2017; 40: 899–909. doi: 10.1007/s40618-016-0607-5

Gray MF, Hsu C, Kiel L et al. Matern Child Health J 2017; 21: 1678–1685. doi: 10.1007/s10995-017-2261-8

Owen KR. In: Endocrinology and Diabetes. Edited by Ajjan R, Orme S. Springer, London, 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2789-5_20

Genetic analysis of children in a national registry reveals undiagnosed maturity-onset diabetes of the young among antibody-negative patients with type 1 diabetes, with implications for their treatment.

Pistrosch F, Hanefeld M. Curr Diab Rep 2015; 15: 117. doi: 10.1007/s11892-015-0678-2

Therasse A, Wallia A, Molitch ME. Curr Diab Rep 2013; 13: 121–129. doi: 10.1007/s11892-012-0346-8