Hyperglycemia recognised in early pregnancy is phenotypically type 2 diabetes mellitus not gestational diabetes mellitus: a case control study.

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus is defined as "diabetes recognized in the second or third trimester that is not clearly overt diabetes". Evidence relating to women with hyperglycemia early in pregnancy is limited. We aimed to evaluate women diagnosed with hyperglycemia early in pregnancy (eGDM) and compared them to those with pregestational established type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and gestational diabetes diagnosed routinely at 24-28-week gestation (rtGDM) to determine if the length of exposure to hyperglycemia adversely affected outcomes.Methods: Forty consecutive women with eGDM who attended a multidisciplinary antenatal clinic were reviewed. Two separate BMI-matched control groups were identified, recognized pregestational T2DM (n = 80) and rtGDM (n = 80). Baseline demographics and outcomes were compared.Results: A higher proportion of women in the eGDM and T2DM group required insulin and the incidence of hypertensive disorders was similarly increased compared with the rtGDM group (88.6, 77.0 versus 8.1%, p < .001 and 42.5%, 37.5 versus 12.5% p < .001, respectively). The proportion of infants born small for gestational age varied (eGDM 11.1%, T2DM 13.0%, and rtGDM 2.5%, p=.049). Postpartum, 7.5% of eGDM women were diagnosed with T2DM versus 1.3% in the rtGDM group (p<.001).Conclusions: These novel data demonstrate that the length of exposure to glucose adversely affects materno-foetal outcomes independent of maternal adiposity.

Pregnancy in women known to be living with a single kidney.

There is a paucity of data on pregnancy outcome in women living with a single kidney from all causes. Current thinking is extrapolated from living kidney donors, a group biased by strict selection criteria. We present a cohort of 26 women with a solitary functioning kidney; 11 women had an acquired single kidney of whom only 1 was a living donor and 15 had a congenital single kidney. Median time living with a single kidney was 28 years. None booked with hypertension or proteinuria. Urinary tract infection complicated 50% of pregnancies. Worryingly, 35% developed pre-eclampsia, gestational proteinuria or gestational hypertension. We propose pre-conceptual counselling, education on how to protect their single kidney, pre eclampsia prophylaxis with low-dose aspirin and close monitoring for urinary tract infection, hypertension and proteinuria with lower thresholds for pharmaceutical management. We have devised a Patient Information leaflet - 'Living with a single kidney, pregnancy and beyond'.

Surgical management of a large peritoneal pseudocyst causing acute kidney injury secondary to abdominal compartment syndrome in a rare case of congenital absence of omentum during pregnancy.

Complete congenital absence of the omentum is very rare with only one previously reported case. We present a unique case of the management of a pregnant woman with a large pelvic pseudocyst caused by complications related to congenital absence of omentum, resulting in acute kidney injury, likely secondary to acute compartment syndrome. This case highlights the importance of considering acute compartment syndrome in critically unwell pregnant women and reiterates the need to measure intra-abdominal pressure when clinically indicated. Given that pregnancy is in itself a state of intra-abdominal hypertension, obstetricians should maintain a high index of suspicion in the context of additional risk factors.