ESPE Abstracts

Background: ‘Dead in Bed syndrome’ mechanism in childhood diabetes remains unknown. The hypothesis is that a nocturnal hypoglycaemia could lead to arrhythmias related to abnormal ventricular repolarisation.Objective and hypotheses: To look for a relationship between spontaneous fluctuations of nocturnal glycaemia, ventricular repolarization and heart rate variability (HRV) in prepubertal children with type 1 diabetes.Meth...