hrp0082p1-d3-83 | Diabetes (2) | ESPE2014

DKA During Diabetes Therapy: Multinational Comparison with 59 191 Pediatric Patients from England, Wales, The United States, Austria and Germany

Warner Justin , Hermann Julia , Kapellen Thomas , Hofer Sabine , Dubose Stephanie , Schatz Des , Beck Roy , Schweiger Claudia , Maahs David , Holl Reinhard

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...