During this two-day conference, delegates will have the opportunity to hear senior international experts in the field of maternal obesity and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Pre-eclampsia, a multi-system disorder particular to human pregnancy, is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and is one of the most difficult challenges facing obstetric medicine. The themes of this 2019 meeting in Amsterdam, will be maternal obesity and maternal hypertensive complications including pre-eclampsia. The aim of this conference will be to address the independent and joint roles of maternal adiposity and insulin resistance in the aetiology of pre-eclampsia.