Incidence and severity of ketoacidosis in childhood-onset diabetes in Kuwait
| Autor: | J.Al Moemen, Nabila Abdella, M.Al Khawari, Azza A. Shaltout, Z. Al-Mazidi, Mohamed A.A. Moussa, F. Mandani, M.A. Qabazard |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Type 1 diabetes
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Diabetic ketoacidosis business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Incidence (epidemiology) General Medicine medicine.disease Ketoacidosis Surgery Endocrinology Polyuria Diabetes mellitus Epidemiology Internal Medicine medicine Nocturia medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 35:123-128 |
| ISSN: | 0168-8227 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0168-8227(96)01365-4 |
| Popis: | In 1992, the diabetes registry was started in Kuwait, as part of DiaMond, a WHO multinational collaborative project on the incidence of childhood-onset diabetes. Children (243) aged below 15 years, were identified between 1 January 1992 and 31 December 1995. Children (203) were Kuwaiti and 40 were non-Kuwaiti children but resident of Kuwait. For the years 1992–1993, the annual incidence of childhood onset diabetes for Kuwaiti children was 15.4 per 100 000 (95% confidence interval 12.9–19), and the degree of ascertainment was 92%. Polyuria, polydypsia, weight loss and nocturia were the most frequently reported symptoms; four children were in coma and one in shock at presentation. Nearly half of the children (49%) presented ketoacidosis (venous pH |
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