Diabetes and other endocrinopathies

Welcome to this Core Knowledge course on Diabetes and other endocrinopathies.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• type 1 and type 2 pre-existing diabetes and gestational diabetes
• how to care for women with diabetes in the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum periods
• the physiological changes to maternal pituitary hormones in pregnancy
• prolactinoma, hypopituitarism, acromegaly, Cushing syndrome and diabetes insipidus in pregnancy
• the physiological changes to maternal adrenal hormones in pregnancy
• Addison's disease, acute adrenal failure, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and pheochromocytoma in pregnancy
• the physiological changes to maternal and fetal thyroid hormones in pregnancy
• the maternal and fetal risks associated with thyroid disorders in pregnancy
• the assessment, antibodies and therapy for thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy.