Pediatric Diabetes

AI has shown promise for remote patient monitoring and alerting providers in ICUs, but still has limitations as a clinical tool in pediatrics.

Children who attend day care are 32% less likely to develop type 1 diabetes compared with children who do not go to day care, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Children and adolescents diagnosed with COVID-19 were more likely to develop new-onset type 2 diabetes than those who had other respiratory infections, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Boston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston topped this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s list of best children’s hospitals.

One year after falling out of the top spot, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is again the No. 1 hospital in the U.S. for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Both children and adults are more likely to be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes if they have a father with type 1 diabetes vs. a mother with the condition, according to a speaker.

Young children at high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes may be more likely to progress to the disease based on their dietary intake, according to a presenter at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

Young people with type 1 diabetes enrolled in a digital health program with early initiation of continuous glucose monitoring plus remote patient monitoring had better glycemic outcomes than historical controls, according to study data.

An immunotherapy to treat type 1 diabetes for people with the human leukocyte antigen DR3-DQ2 genotype received its second fast-track designation from the FDA, according to a company press release.

Children with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes progressed more quickly to type 1 diabetes after having COVID-19, according to a research letter published in JAMA.