Reduction of insulin dose on changing diabetic children from standard to monocomponent insulins.

Autor: GRIFFIN, N. K., SMITH, M. A., BAUM, J. D.
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Zdroj: Archives of Disease in Childhood; Feb1979, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p123-126, 4p, 4 Charts, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: 21 diabetic children requiring greater than 50 units of standard insulin daily were changed to a monocomponent insulin. During the 3 months before the change the insulin dose had risen significantly from a mean of 70 to a mean of 77 units daily. During the 3 months after the change the dose fell significantly to a mean of 53 units daily. This decrease in insulin requirement was associated with a general improvement in diabetic control. This was assessed clinically and measured in 10 children by an analysis of home urine tests and in 8 children by an analysis of 24-hour urine glucose excretion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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