Endocrine Abstracts

Up to 25% of children and young people present in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The ‘4 T’s’ campaign, a national Education awareness programme, was led by Diabetes UK in 2013. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of this campaign locally, after our team also raised local awareness by promotion to primary care.This was a retrospective audit of referrals of children newly presenting with T1D from pri...

Introduction: National guidance from the Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC) recommends starting children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus on a total daily insulin dose of 0.5–0.75 iU per kilo per day (kg/d). This equates to a basal insulin dose of between 0.25–0.375 iU/kg per day. Local practice suggested many patients required a significantly smaller starting dose of basal insulin.Ai...