£8
40mins
Calcium for prevention of pre-eclampsia
Professor Laura Magee
Calcium for prevention of pre-eclampsia
Professor Laura Magee
£8
40mins
OPEN TO ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, TUTORS AND STUDENTS
Part of the symposium ‘Preconception and pregnancy nutrition and health ‘
Click here to see all the symposium webinars
Session Outlines and Learning Objectives
About the session
Inadequate dietary calcium intake is common and calcium replacement in women with insufficient dietary intake reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia and is effective in populations with low average calcium intake, regardless of baseline pre-eclampsia risk.
Receiving calcium in high- or low-dose appear to be similarly effective for pre-eclampsia prevention. This session will explore the research supporting the use of calcium in the prevention of pre-eclampsia.
Watch this webinar to
GAIN CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:
- Evidence about calcium intake and pre-eclampsia prevention
- How the effectiveness is focussed on women with average low calcium intake
- How effectiveness does not depend on the risk of pre-eclampsia, whether calcium is given before or after 20 weeks’ gestation, or with/without vitamin D
BE AWARE OF:
- The absence of adequate biomarkers
- How adequacy of calcium intake can be measured
- The logistic issues around prescribing calcium in pregnancy
BE ABLE TO:
- Explain how calcium may work to decrease pre-eclampsia
- Prescribe or recommend calcium for pre-eclampsia prevention
- Explain how calcium is complementary to aspirin
Guest speaker
Professor Laura Magee
Professor of Women’s Health, King’s College London, King’s College London
Professor Laura Magee is a general obstetric internist (Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Canada); Fellow ad eundem, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK; and Co-President, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. She is a Professor of Women’s Health, King’s College London, UK.
Chair
Dr Angela Flynn
Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London
Dr Flynn is a Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. She started her career as a community pharmacist in Ireland and subsequently completed an MSc in Nutrition followed by a PhD in Maternal Nutrition at King’s College London. Her research focuses on interventions that aim to improve outcomes for women before, and during pregnancy, particularly women at risk of developing gestational diabetes. Other interests include examining the relationship between maternal micronutrient status and pregnancy outcomes.
Chair
Dr Sara White
Clinician Scientist and Maternal Diabetes Clinical Research Lead, Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London and Honorary Consultant in Metabolic Medicine (Clinical Biochemistry), Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Sara White is a Metabolic Physician with clinical expertise in diabetes in pregnancy. During her PhD she investigated early pregnancy gestational diabetes (GDM) prediction and metabolic profiles amongst obese women with GDM. Her research explores GDM pathophysiology and stratification of potential subtypes, plus ways to improve outcomes in at-risk women.
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This webinar is being run in association with Department of Women and Children’s Health at Kings College London
The research of the Department of Women and Children’s Health at King’s College London, centres around the concept of the life course of health. The health of the next generation begins at the earliest stages, the research spans preconception, maternity, infancy and adolescence.
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