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38th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Oral Communications

Oral Communications 4 (Brief Communications)

ea0024oc4.1 | Oral Communications 4 (Brief Communications) | BSPED2010

Cyclical variation in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children from northeast England

McNally R , Court S , James P , Pollock R , Blakey K , Begon M , Cheetham T

Background: Environmental factors play a role in the aetiology of type 1 diabetes. A particular role for infectious exposures has been postulated. Temporal variation in incidence would be consistent with this hypothesis. We specifically aimed to test predictions of increasing incidence occurring among cases of type 1 diabetes in children (aged 0–14 years) that might arise as a result of an environmental mechanism.Subjects and methods: The study anal...

ea0024oc4.2 | Oral Communications 4 (Brief Communications) | BSPED2010

Medium term impact of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) on HbA1c levels: A regional meta-analysis of 185 patients

Sinha A , Butt A , Hopper N , Mukundan T , Posner E , Jani J , Jamil F , Ahmed J , Norrington A , Burns M , Birrell G , Lamb B , Cheetham T

Background: The use of CSII in children with T1DM is increasing. Several meta-analyses have concluded that there is an improvement in glycaemic control with CSII but most of these investigations have included adults and have been of short duration (<6 months). Our aim was to assess the medium term impact of CSII on HbA1c levels in patients managed with CSII in one region of The UK.Methods: Data was collected retrospectively from 7 centres within Nort...

ea0024oc4.3 | Oral Communications 4 (Brief Communications) | BSPED2010

Maintaining optimum glycaemic control in children with diabetes during Day Case Endoscopy

Ray N , Edge J A , Ryan F J , Rogers R

Screening for coeliac disease is routine at annual review in the Oxfordshire Children’s Diabetes Service and oro-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) is carried out following positive serology. Our protocol for Diabetes management during Day Case Endoscopy for confirming CD was revised in 2002 following audit. We re-audited our current practice to check adherence to the protocol and degree of blood glucose control.Data was collected from case notes, nursing no...

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Support for insulin injections in schools – a survey

Senniappan S , Bohara K , Aravamudhan A , Wade C , Doyle P , Phillips V , Smith C

Introduction: One in 700 children of school age have diabetes. Children spend on average a quarter of their waking lives in school. It is important that children receive adequate support and supervision in school for the effective management of diabetes.Aim: To evaluate the support given by the schools for lunch time insulin injections, from the perspective of parents of children with diabetes.Methods: Questionnaire completed by di...