Full Description
This book offers a detailed update on research into diabetes with onset in childhood or adolescence. The coverage ranges from fundamental aspects such as study design and statistical analysis through to new ideas for research, the latest research findings, and implications of these findings for clinical care in childhood. Examples of topics addressed in this context include the prevention of diabetic complications, management of micro- and macrovascular complications, the roles of nutrition and exercise, insulin therapy, islet transplantation, and risky behaviors in teenagers. Attention is also focused on the latest technologies, including the artificial pancreas and continuous glucose monitoring, and associated regulatory aspects. The reader will find novel insights into the ways in which research is impacting on clinical management as well as advice on methodology and stimulating ideas on future research areas. The book is based on presentations delivered at the 15th ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes) Research School for Physicians, held in Milan. It will be of interest for all diabetologists, pediatricians, dietitians, biomedical engineers, nurses, and students.
Contents
Feeding the planet, energy for the future.- PART I: Up-To-Date in Childhood Type 1 Diabetes.- Diabetes ketoacidosis management in children and adolescents. ISPAD vs ISPED: similarities and differences.- Insulin and immune therapy in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.- Adolescent prevention of complications.- Hvidoere Study Group: What can be learned from observational studies.- Long term microvascular complications: new ideas for research.- Exercise in children with type 1 diabetes.- Nutritional aspects of type 1 diabetes: we need to keep struggling against paleontological dietetic regimens (how research helps us to do the right thing).- Nutrition and insulin resistance during childhood and adolescence.- Diminished 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D with preserved 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in 10-18 year old youth with new-onset type1 diabetes.- Risky beaviours in teens with type 1 diabetes: new ideas for research regarding a not too studied topic.- PART II: The technological route to the future.- Glucose sensors.- Glucose monitoring and insulin pump therapy in the management of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.- Advanced pump functions: bolus calculator, bolus types, temporary basal.- Regulatory aspects of new technology in diabetes: Can research help us?.
