Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus is increasing in children (ISPAD 2009). Tight metabolic control using intensive insulin therapy aims to reduce short and long term complications. Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusions (CSII or pump therapy) as a method of insulin delivery has resulted in improved glycaemic control (Danne & Tambourlane (2006) and Onwuneme & Devenney (2009). However there is little evidence of the impact of pumps on the lived experience of childre...