Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic disease caused by insulin deficiency following β-cell destruction.
Results in hyperglycemia and potential end-organ complications
Features ...
New-onset polyuria and polydipsia
Polyuria may present as nocturia, bed-wetting, or incontinence in a previously continent child.
Polyuria may be difficult to appreciate in diaper-clad ...
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To reduce hypoglycemia, patients should lower basal requirements (temporary basal rate if using an insul...
E10.319 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified diabetic retinopathy without macular edema
E10.321 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular ede...
The age of presentation of T1DM is bimodal: one peak at 4 to 6 years of age and a second peak at 10 to 14 years of age.
Therapy with MDI or CSII and the use of a multidisciplinary team ...
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Homeless diabetic man with painful foot showing gangrene and dystrophic nails
<bold><italic>Figure 14.60.</bold></bold> Pretibial diabetic skin changes: necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum.
FIG. 11 Diabetic patient with acute spontaneous onset of low back pain and fever. <bold>A,B:</bold> Dramatic elements of two-level spondylodiscitis, L3-5, with secondary communicating psoas abscess component.
FIG. 11 Diabetic patient with acute spontaneous onset of low back pain and fever. <bold>A,B:</bold> Dramatic elements of two-l...
<bold>Figure 11.93. Neuropathic (Charcot) joints in two diabetic patients. A.</bold> Radiographs of both feet show bilateral neuropathic joints at the first metatarsophalangeal joints (<italic>arrows</bold>). On the left there is periarticular osteopenia, indicating superimposed infection. Frontal <bold>(B)</bold> and lateral <bold>(C)</bold> knee radiographs of another patient show disintegration of the knee joint with considerable bony debris (" bag of bones") and a large joint effusion. In the past, involvement o...
<bold>Figure 11.93. Neuropathic (Charcot) joints in two diabetic patients. A.</bold> Radiographs of both feet show bilateral n...
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum. Atrophic patch present x 6 mo.