ESPE Abstracts

Since CGM-based outcomes that are increasingly being used in clinical pediatric diabetes research, this study was aimed at gathering normative sensor data in healthy, non-diabetic children using the recently approved DexCom G6 system. In this multicenter study, healthy, non-diabetic children and adolescents (age 7 to <18 years, BMI between 5th and 85th percentile, and HbA1c <5.7%) were included. Each participant wore a blinded DexCom G6 for approx. 10 days and kept a d...

Background: DKA in children and adolescents with established type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a major problem with considerable cost to patients, families and health care systems. Many consider it as a quality of care indicator and a failure of relationship between the care provider and the family/patient. Considerable variability in rates are recognized. We analyzed multicenter registry and audit data from five countries with similarly advanced, yet differing, health care systems.</p...

Aims: The TEENs study is an international, cross-sectional observational study aiming to assess type 1 diabetes (T1D) management and psychosocial parameters in children, adolescents, and young adults, to identify approaches to optimise glycaemic control and outcomes. Results from 11 European countries are presented.Methods: 111 centres providing diabetes care to young T1D patients collected data by participant interview, medical record review and partici...