Clinical Gems

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   1.9 Disease Course and Risk Factors: Implications for Clinical Practice The groundwork for understanding stages of the disease course in diabetes has been laid by three major longitudinal investigations that have followed school aged children recently …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   1.6 Family Factors Related to Glycemic Control and Adherence Due to the relatively small number of children under the age of 6 with diabetes, there have been few, if any, studies on how family environment variables …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in School-aged Children   Psychosocial development and diabetes in the school-aged child The primary developmental tasks of the child during the elementary school years include making a smooth adjustment from the home to the school setting; forming close friendships with …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Treatment Issues for Children Under 6 Years of Age   Once diagnosed, the basic goals of diabetes therapy for children under the age of 6 years are similar to those recommended to all children and adolescents and include the avoidance of …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers   Psychological development and the impact of diabetes: ages 2-5 years Diabetes during the second to fourth years of life continues to have a profound effect on the parent-child relationship.

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Introduction to Diabetes in Children    The results of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial1,2 focused the attention of the medical community on the importance of maintaining blood glucose levels as close to the normal range as possible in order to …

Foreword to the Second Edition       It is difficult to conceive of a disease more likely to cause psychological problems than diabetes.

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath     Mr. XYZ was referred by his GP.

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath     Mr. YM was referred by his GP.

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mrs. THZ self-referred to a diabetes educator for advice.  “I have been reading about herbs to treat diabetes on the internet. Can you tell me which ones are safe to use? Do …