Lower dose basal insulin infusion has positive effect on glycaemic control for children with type I diabetes on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.

Objective: The aim of our study was to explore a possible relationship between proportion of basal insulin dose (%BD/T) and glycaemic control in children with type I diabetes on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy.

Methods: All patients under the age of 18 with type I diabetes mellitus, treated in a general hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands, who were on CSII therapy between 2000 and 2011 were selected for inclusion. All data as recorded during outpatient visits were retrospectively collected from patients' charts.

Delaying a shock after takeover from the automated external defibrillator by paramedics is associated with decreased survival.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the takeover by Advanced Life Support [ALS] trained ambulance paramedics from rescuers using an automated external defibrillator [AED] delays shocks and if this delay is associated with decreased survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [OHCA].

Methods: We analyzed continuous ECG recordings of LIFEPAK AEDs and associated manual defibrillator recordings of OHCA of presumed cardiac cause, prospectively collected from July 2005 to July 2009. The primary outcome measure was survival to discharge.