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[Ambulatory management of the diabetic child (author's transl)]
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This study outlines a practical approach to childhood diabetes management at home. Effective ambulatory care, including diet and insulin, ensures normal growth and development for diabetic children.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Endocrinology
- Metabolic Diseases
Abstract:
A practical method of ambulatory management of childhood diabetes is described. The patient and his parents must realize that diabetes is a chronic disease which needs lifelong management. Adequate instruction should include the following principles of management and control: urine testing, diabetic diet, administration of insulin, intensive motor activity, recognition and treatment of hypoglycemic episodes. Hospitalisation of diabetic children should be avoided as much as possible. A proper ambulatory management of diabetic children ensures normal growth and development, that differs in no way from that of nondiabetic children.