Background: Despite the growing uptake of smart technologies in pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) care, little is known about caregiving parents' skills to deal with electronic health information sources.
Objective: We aimed to assess the electronic health literacy of parents caring for children with T1DM and investigate its associations with disease management and children's outcomes.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was performed involving 150 parent-child (8-14 years old with T1DM) dyads in a university pediatric diabetology center.
Rapidly evolving clinical data suggest that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and vaccination against COVID-19 might be associated with thyroid disturbances. However, studies remain limited among the pediatric population. Our aim was to assess the prevalence and permanence of thyroid autoimmunity (TA) and dysfunction in children after an acute infection and its potential association with vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive emotion regulation in adolescents with chronic illness and their parents.
Methods: Eighty-five young people (mean = 15.86 years, standard deviation = ± 1.
A sudden increase in the number of children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) was experienced during the third wave of COVID-19 epidemic in Hungary. The newly diagnosed T1DM patients had a significantly higher rate of anti-SARS-CoV-2 positivity as compared to prevalent T1DM children [OR (95% CI) 3.74 (1,08,13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Az 1-es típusú diabetes mellitus és a coeliakia gyakori társulása jól ismert. Néhány tanulmány beszámol átmeneti antitranszglutamináz-emelkedésről 1-es típusú diabeteses betegekben, akiknél az emelkedett antitestszint gluténmentes diéta bevezetése nélkül normalizálódik.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMODY2 is caused by heterozygous inactivating mutations in the glucokinase () gene that result in persistent, stable and mild fasting hyperglycaemia (5.6-8.0 mmol/L, glycosylated haemoglobin range of 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) has about a dozen known causal genes to date, the most common ones being and . The phenotype of this clinically and genetically heterogeneous form of diabetes depends on the gene in which the patient has the mutation. We have tested 450 Hungarian index patients with suspected MODY diagnosis with Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing and found a roughly 30% positivity rate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFÖsszefoglaló. Az 1-es típusú diabetes mellitus (T1DM-) betegek körében az evészavarok előfordulása az átlagpopulációhoz képest körülbelül kétszeresre tehető. Ez a komorbiditás különösen veszélyes mind a magas mortalitási rizikó, mind a súlyos szövődmények lehetősége miatt.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at much higher risk of developing celiac disease (CD) than the general population. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and differences in clinical presentation of CD in T1D in different regions of the world.
Methods: This study is based on the Better control in Pediatric and Adolescent diabeteS: Working to crEate cEnTers of Reference (SWEET) database.
It is known that lactate concentration is increased in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), however, the pathophysiology and kinetics of lactate changes are still unclear. Normally, L-lactate is the major form in the human body. According to previous data, also D- and L-lactate might be increased in hyperglycaemic disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstablishment of a proper hemodynamic monitoring system in order to achieve optimal care among critically ill patients is fundamental. In contrast to invasive patient-checking systems, which were introduced decades ago and used in both adult and pediatric intensive care, the non-invasive methods have become more popular in recent years due to technical advancements in intensive care and patient monitoring. This increase in popularity can be attributed to the higher degree of safety and reduced complication rates as well as to its being more economical.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the prevalence of underweight (UW), overweight (OW), and obesity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Methods: An international cross-sectional study including 23 026 T1D children (2-18 years, duration of diabetes ≥1 year) participating in the SWEET prospective, multicenter diabetes registry. Body mass index SD score (BMI-SDS) was calculated using the World Health Organization BMI charts.
Background: Infections, mostly of viral origin, may contribute to the seasonal variation in the onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The rs1990760 (A>G, Ala946Thr) polymorphism (GG genotype) of the interferon induced helicase (IFIH1), a virus recognition receptor, confers a modest protection for T1DM. The aim of our study was to evaluate a possible association between this IFIH1 polymorphism and the seasonal variation in the onset of T1DM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to collect data about pediatric Gram-negative bloodstream infections (BSI) to determine the factors that influence multidrug resistance (MDR), clinical course and outcome of children affected by Gram-negative sepsis.
Methods: In this observational, prospective, multicenter study we collected cases of pediatric Gram-negative BSI during a 2-year period. We analyzed epidemiological, microbiological and clinical factors that associated with acquisition of MDR infections and outcome.
Background: Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) has become an increasingly investigated tool, especially with regards to monitoring of diabetic and critical care patients. The continuous glucose data allows the calculation of several glucose variability parameters, however, without specific application the interpretation of the results is time-consuming, utilizing extreme efforts. Our aim was to create an open access software [Glycemic Variability Analyzer Program (GVAP)], readily available to calculate the most common parameters of the glucose variability and to test its usability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) originally was developed for diabetic patients and it may be a useful tool for monitoring glucose changes in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Its use is, however, limited by the lack of sufficient data on its reliability at insufficient peripheral perfusion. We aimed to correlate the accuracy of CGM with laboratory markers relevant to disturbed tissue perfusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCritical care associated with stress hyperglycaemia has gained a new view in the last decade since the demonstration of the beneficial effects of strong glycaemic control on the mortality in intensive care units. Strong glycaemic control may, however, induce hypoglycaemia, resulting in increased mortality, too. Pediatric population has an increased risk of hypoglycaemia because of the developing central nervous system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: It is well known that patients suffering from an autoimmune disease are more prone to develop another one, too. The authors have previously shown frequent occurrence of celiac disease in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus compared to the background population. Autoimmune thyroid disease, the most common autoimmune disease associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus, generally occurs after the manifestation of diabetes, in the second decade of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute renal failure (ARF) affects about 10% of severely ill neonates. Recent studies have shown that genetic polymorphisms of proteins that play a role in neonatal physiology may contribute to individual susceptibility to both ARF and its risk factors. Our review summarizes the data collected to date.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Good metabolic control of diabetic patients is mainly based on the results of self measured blood glucose levels. Important excursions of blood glucose may, however, be hidden in the usual case of 4-5 daily determinations. The aim of this paper was to give detailed information about this new diagnostic tool and to report the first Hungarian pediatric experiences with continuous glucose monitoring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeat shock protein (HSP)70 plays an important role in the ischemic tolerance of fetal and neonatal kidney. We have investigated the association of genetic polymorphisms of the constitutive HSP70 (HSP73) and the inducible HSP70 (HSP72) encoding genes with the risk of acute renal failure (ARF) in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates. Thirty-seven VLBW neonates with ARF and 93 VLBW neonates without ARF were enrolled in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic infection is a major risk factor for the development of neonatal acute renal failure (ARF). We investigated whether genetic polymorphisms of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, and IL-10 genes leading to a more intense inflammatory response might predispose very low birth weight (VLBW) infants to the development of ARF in severe infection. The medical records of 92 VLBW newborns (birth weight under 1,500 g) with systemic infection were analyzed.
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