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P16 NEONATAL CARE OF TERM BABIES OF MOTHERS WITH PRE-GESTATIONAL DIABETES IN ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
D. Acolet, presenting, K. Fleming, J. Kovar, R. Houston, J. Hawdon.Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health, London, UK

Background/Aim: The CEMACH 2005 cohort study of 3808 pregnancies with pre-gestational diabetes found: (a) substandard neonatal management of hypoglycaemia and early feeding; (b) lower intention to breastfeed in mothers with diabetes at birth than in the general population; and (c) higher number than expected admissions of term babies to a neonatal unit. This led to the current enquiry into the care of term babies either admitted to a neonatal unit for special care or remaining with their mother after birth.

Methods: Population: 112 term normally formed babies surviving to 28 days and randomly sampled from the diabetes CEMACH 2005 cohort database. Further comparative analysis into two groups: (a) 42 babies initially admitted to a neonatal unit for special care and (b) 70 babies staying with their mothers. Data collection. . . [Full text of this article]