Children and adolescents on intensive insulin therapy maintain postprandial glycaemic control without precise carbohydrate counting

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Smart, C E ^a,b   Ross, K ^c   Edge, J A ^c   Collins, C E ^b   Colyvas, K ^d   King, B R ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; Insulin analogues; Paediatrics; Postprandial glucose; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN ASPART;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 62449104059     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02669.x     Document Type: Article

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