[Severely unstable diabetes (brittle diabetes)--diagnostic and therapeutic questions].
The term "brittle" as applied to diabetes suggest a patients whose blood glucose concentration rises or falls unpredictable. Brittle diabetes can be defined as a condition where metabolic instability is sufficient to cause major disruption to the life-style or to endanger the life of a diabetic patients. On this basis of the literature data a survey is given of this problem. Unfortunately the etiology, the mechanism and the treatment of brittle diabetes are not clear as yet.
Otto-Buczkowska
E
E
Poradni Diabetologicznej Wojewódzkiego ZOZ-u Matki, Dziecka i Młodziezy, Gliwicach.
Chobot-Jarosz
P
P
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007902:Length of Stay; D008019:Life Style; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001786:Blood Glucose