A diabetes awareness campaign prevents diabetic ketoacidosis in children at their initial presentation with type 1 diabetes

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 647-651

  King, Bruce R ^a,b,c   Howard, Neville J ^d   Verge, Charles F ^e,f   Jack, Michelle M ^g   Govind, Natalie ^h   Jameson, Karen ^d   Middlehurst, Angela ^h   Jackson, Lilian ^h   Morrison, Melinda ^e   Bandara, Dm Wajira S ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Australian Diabetes Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ketoacidosis; Pediatrics; Primary prevention; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; KETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PH; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84870062011     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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