Managing the adolescent athlete with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Providing safe and successful diabetes management assistance and advice to an adolescent athlete is a challenging task. It should also be a rewarding task. To make accurate and useful recommendations one must gain knowledge about the athlete, the sport, the interaction of exercise and diabetes, and supporting resources. This article points to sources of information and illustrates the use of some of them.
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. draznin@kcms.msu.edu
Martin B
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Draznin
D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013178:Sports Medicine
D002241:Carbohydrates; D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose