Pediatric Diabetes

A surprise move across the country led Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, to develop a preconception counseling program for teens with diabetes that would eventually become a model adopted by the American Diabetes Association.

There was a significant increase in the number of cases of new-onset type 2 diabetes among children during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among boys and Black youths, according to a speaker.

Hospitalizations for new-onset type 2 diabetes in children increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, according to findings presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Diabetic ketoacidosis events increased among youths with type 1 diabetes in the U.S. and other countries hit hard by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was once again named the No. 1 hospital in the country for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology by the U.S. News & World Report 2021-2022 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.

A next-generation glucagon analog provided rapid and effective treatment of severe hypoglycemia for children and adults with type 1 diabetes, without the need to reconstitute lyophilized powder used in traditional glucagon rescue kits.

Transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care is associated with a prolonged gap in care for teens and young adults who do not see a diabetes educator or use a continuous glucose monitor, according to a speaker.

Socioeconomic disparities in diabetes technology use and HbA1c widened among children in the United States in 2016-2018 compared with 2010-2012, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.

Parents of children with type 1 diabetes who initiated continuous glucose monitoring during the first month after diagnosis described CGM as beneficial and said they would continue to use it, according to study data.

Most children with type 1 diabetes who test positive for COVID-19 do not require hospitalization, although most hospitalized children had diabetic ketoacidosis at admission, according to study findings.