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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Nearly 1 in 3 American children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes presents with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), according to a study published online March 31 in Pediatrics. Rates of DKA — a preventable but potentially life-threatening condition caused by a severe lack of insulin — have dropped in children with newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but DKA is less common in this form of diabetes.
These findings in pediatric type 1 diabetes are "concerning, especially given the risk factors we've identified for this acute complication — minority racial/ethnic group, younger age, and lack of private insurance," lead author Dana Dabelea, MD, from the Colorado School of Public Health, in Aurora, told Medscape Medical News. "That just means we have much more to do" to lower the rate of DKA at diagnosis by means of educational programs to increase awareness in the community and by improving access to care.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823376
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These findings in pediatric type 1 diabetes are "concerning, especially given the risk factors we've identified for this acute complication — minority racial/ethnic group, younger age, and lack of private insurance," lead author Dana Dabelea, MD, from the Colorado School of Public Health, in Aurora, told Medscape Medical News. "That just means we have much more to do" to lower the rate of DKA at diagnosis by means of educational programs to increase awareness in the community and by improving access to care.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823376
(free registration)