Maternal and neonatal outcomes in the Torres Strait Islands with a sixfold increase in type 2 diabetes in pregnancy over six years.

Background: Torres Strait Islander population has a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Aims: To review pregnancy data of women and their newborns living in the Torres Strait area.

Methods: All medical charts of mothers and their neonates delivered in two one-year periods (1999 and 2005/2006) were reviewed.

Maternal and neonatal outcomes following diabetes in pregnancy in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Background: Diabetes in pregnancy (DIP) is increasing and is associated with a number of adverse consequences for both the mother and the child.

Aims: To compare local maternal and neonatal outcomes with state and national data.

Methods: Chart audit of all DIP delivered during 2004 at a regional teaching hospital and compare outcomes with national benchmark, Queensland and national Indigenous data.

The ADIPS pilot National Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit Project.

Background: Limited resources are available to compare outcomes of pregnancies complicated by diabetes across different centres.

Aims: To compare the use of paper, stand alone and networked electronic processes for a sustainable, systematic international audit of diabetes in pregnancy care.

Methods: Development of diabetes in pregnancy minimum dataset using nominal group technique, email user survey of difficulties with audit tools and collation of audit data from nine pilot sites across Australia and New Zealand.