Care of adolescents and young adults with diabetes - Much more than transitional care: A personal view

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 274-278

  Winocour, Peter H ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and young people; Diabetes complications; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Glycated haemoglobin; Insulin pump; National Diabetes Audit; National Paediatric Diabetes Audit; Transitional care; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS INSULIN INFUSION; DIABETOLOGIST; DIETITIAN; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN PUMP; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBERTY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SELF CARE; THYROID DISEASE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; TRANSITIONAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; GLYCATED HAEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN PUMP; NATIONAL DIABETES AUDIT; NATIONAL PAEDIATRIC DIABETES AUDIT; TRANSITIONAL CARE; TYPE 1 DIABETES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902182859     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-3-274     Document Type: Review

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