ESPE Abstracts

Background: The use of antipsychotic medication in medical practice is increasing in Europe. Antipsychotics have serious adverse effects like weight gain.Objective: Aim was to explore metabolic risk factors and glycaemic control in youths with type 1 diabetes treated with typical or atypical antipsychotics.Design and methods: Data of children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 diabetes up to the age of 25 years and with dia...

Background: Lipid profiles of type 1 diabetic children are influenced by age, sex, BMI- and HbA1c-values. There is a discrepancy between increased cholesterol levels and the management required. Thus, 26% of patients have dyslipidemia but only 0.4% of them receive lipid lowering medication.Objective and hypothesis: To facilitate child-specific and diabetes-related cholesterol control, we developed a monitoring algorithm derived from population-based refe...