[Basic-bolus therapy of diabetic children and adolescents using Novo Pens]

A multiple injection regimen using a pen-injector (Novo Pen) was applied to 34 diabetic adolescents (age: 15.4 +/- 2.4 years). During the observation-period of 6 months HbA1c fell significantly from 8.98 +/- 0.31 to 7.82 +/- 0.25 rel%. At the end of the study all patients wanted to continue this regimen considering the advantage of improved life quality compensating for the inconvenience of multiple injections.