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Issues to be Solved: Future Perspectives

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Many advances have been achieved during the previous decade on the field of diabetes mellitus (DM) in pregnancy; however, there are still important issues to be solved. The aim of this chapter is to present such issues and to discuss future perspectives in terms of clinical care and future research priorities both for pre-existing DM and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Preconception period and first trimester is essential to improve pregnancy outcomes for women with pre-existing DM, while more should be done regarding the use of new technologies. The need of early diagnosis of GDM and the investigation of the long-term maternal and offspring effects of GDM and various interventions need to be explored. All the above require global collaboration of scientists, health economics experts’ involvement, and governmental decisions for the translation of new discoveries into the best clinical practice.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Stavroula A. Paschou

  2. Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, 1st Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitrios G. Goulis

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Paschou, S.A., Goulis, D.G. (2022). Issues to be Solved: Future Perspectives. In: Goulis, D.G. (eds) Comprehensive Clinical Approach to Diabetes During Pregnancy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89243-2_24

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