Pregnant women with preexisting diabetes and an HbA1c of less than 7% in early pregnancy rarely develop sight-threatening retinopathy and can safely undergo less retinal screening, according to study findings published in Diabetic Medicine.
“Management of preexisting diabetes during pregnancy imposes a lot of extra daily challenges on the women and frequent hospital visits,” Elisabeth Reinhardt Mathiesen, MD, DMSc, clinical professor in the department of clinical medicine at the University of Copenhagen and chief physician in the department of endocrinology and metabolism at