Authors:
Cameron F; Cotterill A; Couper J; Craig M; Davis E; Donaghue K; Jones T; King B; Sheil B
Authors notes:
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013;49(4):E258-E62
Keywords:
Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, management, Diabetes control and complications trial
Abstract:
The landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), by demonstrating a reduction in microvascular complication rate in intensively treated adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1DM), placed responsibility on adult and paediatric diabetologists to strive to assist patients to achieve improved glycaemic control
In 2010, the Australasian Paediatric Endocrinology Group formed a national Children's Diabetes Network that represented clinical teams managing over 95% of young people with T1DM in Australia and New Zealand.
Through this organisation, we have been able to assess whether the goals of the post DCCT call to universal intensive management of childhood onset diabetes have been achieved in Australia and New Zealand.