Real-time continuous glucose monitoring systems in the classroom/school environment.

Background: Children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) spend 4-7 h/day in school with very little supervision of their diabetes management. Therefore, families have become more dependent on technology, such as use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM), to provide increased supervision of their diabetes management. We sought to assess the impact of RT-CGM use in the classroom/school environment.

White matter structural differences in young children with type 1 diabetes: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Objective: To detect clinical correlates of cognitive abilities and white matter (WM) microstructural changes using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in young children with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Children, ages 3 to <10 years, with type 1 diabetes (n = 22) and age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects (n = 14) completed neurocognitive testing and DTI scans.

Results: Compared with healthy controls, children with type 1 diabetes had lower axial diffusivity (AD) values (P = 0.

The feasibility of detecting neuropsychologic and neuroanatomic effects of type 1 diabetes in young children.

Objective: To determine if frequent exposures to hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia during early childhood lead to neurocognitive deficits and changes in brain anatomy.

Research Design And Methods: In this feasibility, cross-sectional study, young children, aged 3 to 10 years, with type 1 diabetes and age- and sex-matched healthy control (HC) subjects completed neuropsychologic (NP) testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain.

Results: NP testing and MRI scanning was successfully completed in 98% of the type 1 diabetic and 93% of the HC children.