Outcomes of babies born to diabetic mothers and admitted to the neonatal unit at East Surrey Hospital, UK

As part of the National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) audit that takes place annually in the United Kingdom, East Surrey Hospital obtained data from every livebirth that occurred in the hospital from 1st October 2018 to 31st October 2019 from pregnant women with diabetes (either type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes) From this data, we were able to see which of those babies were admitted to the neonatal unit We analyzed the causes of admission to the neonatal unit from these babies born to diabetic mothers, finding that a high proportion was due to diabetes-related complications, specifically neonatal hypoglycemia The majority of these babies would not have been admitted to the neonatal unit otherwise (for example, due to prematurity) We are now in the phase of analyzing the glycemic control of the mothers that these babies were born to If these babies, that were admitted to the neonatal unit with hypoglycemia and other diabetesrelated complications, were born to mothers with particularly difficult glycemic control or with poor compliance to diabetes treatment and monitoring, then this would suggest that there is scope to actively reduce admissions to the neonatal unit for diabetes-related complications by optimizing the diabetic treatment of the mothers Due to the unprecedented effects of COVID-19, leading to redeployment of staff and cancellation of non-urgent procedures and teaching sessions, we have unfortunately not been able to analyze the data from the diabetic mothers yet - which we would have done otherwise However, we are confident that by the time of the conference, this analysis will be complete