title: [Severely unstable diabetes (brittle diabetes)--diagnostic and therapeutic questions].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Poradni Diabetologicznej Wojewódzkiego ZOZ-u Matki, Dziecka i Młodziezy, Gliwicach.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otto-Buczkowska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chobot-Jarosz
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose