Abstract
The child with diabetes mellitus has special problems that require skilled attention best achieved by a team of professionals. The goals of managing a child with diabetes are summarized in Table 7. The features that distinguish the child from an adult with diabetes are inability to communicate or verbalize symptoms, unpredictable eating and exercise patterns, special nutritional requirements of growth, and the emotional and psychological upheavals experienced during adolescence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1565-1576 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Medical Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |