RT Book, Section
A1 DeSalvo, Daniel
A1 McKay, Siripoom
A1 Redondo, Maria J.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182921713
T1 Diabetes Mellitus
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182921713
RD 2024/04/19
AB Diabetes  mellitus  is  a  condition  characterized  by  hyperglycemia  as  a  result  of  abnormalities  in  the  secretion  and/or  action  of  insulin.  It  usually  is  a  chronic  and  progressive  disease  that  has  profound  effects  on  numerous  aspects  of  metabolism,  beyond  those  related  to  glucose  homeostasis.  The  increasing  incidence  of  pediatric  diabetes  and  the  severe  consequences  of  missed  diagnosis  or  suboptimal  treatment  underlie  its  interest  for  all  pediatricians.  Changes  in  the  epidemiology  and  clinical  characteristics  of  the  different  types  of  diabetes  in  the  United  States,  in  part  due  to  shifts  in  demographics  and  lifestyle,  have  spurred  a  revision  of  some  of  the  previous  concepts.  This  chapter  will  review  the  diagnosis  and  classification  of  diabetes  and  describe  in  more  detail  the  2  most  common  types  of  pediatric  diabetes:  type  1  diabetes  (T1D)  and  type  2  diabetes  (T2D).