Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Insulin-Dependent (Type 1) Diabetes — Special Notes 3
Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Books:
Alberti KGMM, DeFronzo RA, Keen H, Zimmet P (ed). International Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus. Chicester: John Wiley, 1992 (second edition 1997).
Krans HMJ, Porta M, Keen H. Diabetes care and research in Europe. The St Vincent declaration action programme. G Ital Diabetologia 1992; 12 (suppl 2) 32-36.
Silink M (ed). APEG Handbook on Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes. Parramatta NSW: Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group, 1996.
Tattersall RB, Gale EAM (ed). Diabetes: clinical management. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1990.
Tunbridge WMG, Home PD. Diabetes and endocrinologly in clinical practice. London, Edward Arnold, 1991.
Articles:
Alberti KGMM, Gries FA. Management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in Europe: a concensus view. Diabetic Med 1988; 5: 275-281.
Piwernetz K, Home PD, Snorgaard O, Antsiferov M, Staehr-Johansen K, Krans M, for the DIABCARE Monitoring Group of the St Vincent Declaration Steering Committee. Monitoring the targets of the St Vincent declaration and the implementation of quality management in diabetes care: the DIABCARE initiative. Diabetic Med 1993; 10: 371-377.
World Health Organisation (Europe) and International Diabetes Federation (Europe). Diabetes care and research in Europe: the St Vincent Declaration. Diabetic Medicine 1990; 7: 360. International Diabetes Federation (Europe) and World Health Organization (Europe). The European Patients' Charter. Diabetic Med 1991; 8: 782-783.
These Guidelines were drawn up by people with a special interest in diabetes in adults.
Although many of the consensus participants have a wide experience of diabetes in childhood and its management, it was felt that the specific problems of childhood diabetes would be better addressed by a group put together for that purpose.
Accordingly the current guidelines do not attempt to address issues specific to diabetes in childhood, such a growth and maturation, the role of the family, hypoglycaemia in the very young, and the like. See the Australian Paediatric Endocrine Group's useful book (Silink M (ed)) referenced above.
Nevertheless much of the content of the current guidelines is directly applicable to children with little modification. It should also be remembered that children grow up into adults: all these guidelines will then be relevant to them.
This note was not part of the original guidelines.