Impaired skin microcirculation in paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Aims/hypothesis: We used Laser Doppler Fluximetry (LDF) to define "normal" endothelial function in a large cohort of healthy children and adolescents and to evaluate skin microcirculation in paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: LDF was performed in 102 healthy children (12.8 ± 3.

Pediatric reference values of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity determined with an oscillometric device.

Background: A semi-automated devise for oscillometric measurement (Vicorder) of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) has been considered to be especially suited for multicenter studies in children and adolescents.

Methods: Within a healthy pediatric population (156 boys/158 girls; mean age 10.8 years, range 5.