Current status of diabetes management, glycemic control and complications in children and adolescents with diabetes in Egypt. Where do we stand now? And where do we go from here?

The Aim: of this study was to use the Diabetes Registry of the Pediatric Diabetes Clinic, Ain Shams University Hospital to examine risk factors related to poor glycemic control and to provide data to health professionals for planning, evaluation and optimizing diabetes care.

Subjects And Methods: Data from 600 children and adolescents with diabetes with information in the registry provide information on current clinical status, metabolic control, acute and long-term complications, presence of concomitant autoimmune diseases, and psychiatric aspects of patients.

Results: Mean age of patients was 13.