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A1 COLLENS WS, GRAYZEL HG
T1 THe management of the ambulatory diabetic child
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD August 1
VO 38
IS 2
SP 275
OP 293
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080051005
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080051005
AB In the course of our experience in the care of ten ambulatory diabetic children over a period of two and a half years, we have been able to establish a procedure for the management of these patients of a fairly uniform nature. It was found expedient to prepare some simple tables from which the diets could be calculated and menus prepared. The methods employed in our course of treatment are based on the fundamental physiologic requirements of the growing child, the growth, activity and well-being of the patient being taken into account. The simplicity of the methods devised warrants recording them in the literature.The importance of diabetes mellitus in children lies not so much in its frequency of occurence, for it is a relatively rare disease, as in its severity. A discussion of the etiology, pathology or diagnosis of this disease is beyond the scope of our paper. An