Comprehensive Clinical Approach to Diabetes During Pregnancy

Chapter 1) Introduction.- Part I) Setting the Diagnosis Chapter 2) Epidemiology.- Chapter 3) Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.- Part II) Defining the Pathophysiology Chapter 4) Risk Factors for Developing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.- Chapter 5) Pathophysiology.- Chapter 6) Fetal Origin of Adult Disease: The Case of GDM.- Part III) Monitoring Chapter 7) Medical Monitoring of Pre-Existing DM and GDM.- Chapter 8) Obstetrical Monitoring.- Part IV) Management Chapter 9) Targets and Rationale for Treatment.- Chapter 10) Pre-Pregnancy Management in Clinical Approach to Diabetes Mellitus.- Chapter 11) Medical Nutrition Therapy.- Chapter 12) Physical Activity and Exercise in Diabetes During Pregnancy.- Chapter 13) Oral Anti-hyperglycemic Agents.- Chapter 14) Insulin.- Chapter 15) Delivery, Intrapartum Management and Puerperium.- Part V) Complications and Their Management Chapter 16) Fetal Complications.- Chapter 17) Diabetes During Pregnancy: Neonatal and Childhood Complications.-Chapter 18) Pregnancy-Associated Maternal Complications.- Chapter 19) Long-Term Maternal Complications.- Part VI) Special Issues Chapter 20) Diabetes Mellitus and Infertility.- Chapter 21) Diabetes Mellitus and Contraception.- Chapter 22) Diabetes in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding.- Chapter 23) Biomedical Technology and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.- Chapter 24) Issues to Be Solved: Future Perspectives.

Professor Dimitrios G. Goulis is a full professor in Reproductive Endocrinology, serving at the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is currently or had been, among others: President, Hellenic Society of Andrology (2013 - 2017); Vice-President and President-Elect, European Menopause and Andropause Society (2019 - 2021); Treasurer, International Society of Andrology (2020 - 2025); Secretary General, European Academy of Andrology (2014 - 2018); Secretary General, European Menopause and Andropause Society (2017 - 2019); Training centre director, European Academy of Andrology (2013 -); Director, MSc in "Research Methodology in Medicine and Health Sciences", Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2018 - 2022). He has published more than 350 full papers in peer-review international journals. His main research interests include male reproductive endocrinology, female reproductive endocrinology, endocrine and metabolic complications of pregnancy, menopausal transition, Evidence-Based Medicine and research methodology.