ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To provide etiology-based diagnostics to pediatric patients with diabetes in Belgium using routine clinical phenotyping and thorough genotyping.Methods: A Belgian GENEPEDIAB study consortium was created to screen, using routine diagnostic tools, for monogenic forms of diabetes in pediatric patients followed in convention centers for type 1 or type 2 diabetes, while presenting atypical biological and clinical f...

Aims: In children with new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), insulin dose regimens vary substantially. According to current ISPAD recommendations, the initial total daily dose (TDD) should range from 0.7 to 1.0 IU/kg BW/day. Adjusting TDD to achieve normal blood glucose concentration can take several days. The primary objectives of our INSENODIAB (INsulin SEnsitivity in New Onset type 1 DIABetes) study were to assess how patient characteristics influence i...