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Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents

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Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong disorder characterized by alteration in the metabolism of glucose and other energy-yielding fuels due to an absolute or relative insufficiency of insulin. This lack of insulin plays a primary role in the metabolic derangements linked to diabetes, including hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia in turn plays a key role in the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes. Metabolic control of diabetes that is as close to normal as possible should be achieved as early in the course of the disease as possible in order to prevent or delay the development of diabetes related complications. As described in this chapter, maintenance of optimal control of diabetes is particularly challenging in pediatric patients.

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  1. Children’s Diabetes Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital System, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kristin A. Sikes MSN, APRN, CDE

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    Michelle A. Van Name MD & William V. Tamborlane MD

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Sikes, K.A., Van Name, M.A., Tamborlane, W.V. (2018). Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. In: Radovick, S., Misra, M. (eds) Pediatric Endocrinology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73782-9_31

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