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10.10. ‘I’m essentially his pancreas’: Parent perceptions of diabetes burden and opportunities to reduce burden in the care of children <8 years old with type 1 diabetes

PV Commissariat , KR Harrington , AL Whitehouse , KM Miller , ME Hilliard , M Van Name , DJ DeSalvo , WV Tamborlane , BJ Anderson , LA DiMeglio , LM Laffel

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):377–383. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12956. PMID: 31808586Across all age groups, management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) places substantial workload, responsibility and emotional burden, such as worries and stress, on families. This study explored parent perceptions of the burdens of caring for very young children with T1DM. Semi-structured qu...

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10.9. Continuous glucose monitoring and glycemic control among youth with type 1 diabetes: International comparison from the T1D Exchange and DPV Initiative

DJ DeSalvo , KM Miller , JM Hermann , DM Maahs , SE Hofer , MA Clements , E Lilienthal , JL Sherr , M Tauschmann , RW Holl , Exchange DPV Registries T1D

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018;19:1271–1275New technologies such as continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pumps and closed-loop systems are likely to change diabetes care and hopefully will reduce the burden of disease management, decrease diabetes associated comorbidities, and increase life expectancy.To assess the change in rates of pedia...