Publications by authors named "Kimberly Bautista"

The article provides practical guidance for (1) interpreting and confirming islet autoantibody screening results for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and (2) follow-up of individuals with early stages of T1D with the goal of ensuring medical safety and providing patients and their families with an assessment of risk for progression to a clinical diagnosis of T1D. We used an explicit a priori methodology to identify areas of agreement and disagreement in how to manage patients with early T1D. We used a modified Delphi method, which is a systematic, iterative approach to identifying consensus.

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Objective: To assess anxiety and risk perception among parents whose children screened positive for islet autoantibodies, indicating elevated risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Research Design And Methods: The Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) study identified 319 children age 1 to 17 years at risk for T1D via screening for islet autoantibodies; 280 children with confirmed islet autoantibodies and their caregivers enrolled in a follow-up education and monitoring program to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis. Parents completed questionnaires at each monitoring visit, including a 6-item version of the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), to assess anxiety about their child developing T1D, and a single question to assess risk perception.

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There are few estimates of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among children in the United States. We measured vaccine and infection induced seroprevalence among nearly 5000 healthy 1 to 17-year-old children in Colorado from 2020 to 2021. By December 2021, 89% of older children, ages 12 to 18, had antibodies detected.

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Objective: Children identified with stage 1 type 1 diabetes are at high risk for progressing to stage 3 (clinical) diabetes and require accurate monitoring. Our aim was to establish continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics that could predict imminent progression to diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: In the Autoimmunity Screening for Kids study, 91 children who were persistently islet autoantibody positive (median age 11.

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Objective: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) or celiac disease (CD) develops in at least 2% of the general population. Early detection of disease-specific autoimmunity and subsequent monitoring would be possible if screening tests were more widely available. Currently, screening for islet autoimmunity is available only in a research setting, and CD-specific autoimmunity screening is limited to those in high-risk groups.

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