Euthyroid sick syndrome in type I diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents.

We studied concentrations of thyroid hormones (T3, T4, FT4, rT3, TBG and TSH) in 62 type I diabetic children and adolescents. The patients were classified into group A (n = 27, good control, HbA1c less than 10%), group B (n = 19, poor control, HbA1c greater than 10%) and group C (n = 16, diabetic ketoacidosis, pH less than 7.1 and HCO3 less than 15 mmol/L.

[Diseases of the kidney in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus].

In order to estimate kidney functions in 61 juvenile diabetes patients, the glomerular filtration rate, urinary extraction of albumin during night, and systolic and diastolic artery blood pressures were examined. The ratio of these variables in relation to the duration of the disease, the metabolic control of the disease, age, and the interrelation of these elements were analysed. The control group consisted of twenty healthy children.

[Changes in the small joints, skin and lungs in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes].

In patients with juvenile diabetes a limited mobility of the small joints, changes of skin and pulmonary disorders were presented. In 108 children suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes the changes of joints and skin were examined, while in 22 patients spiroplethysmography was used. Limited mobility of the small joints was found in 50.