Russian consensus on diabetes mellitus therapy in children and adolescents

The Russian consensus on the treatment of children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus (DM) presents the modern requirements for compensation of DM in this category of patients - the most important and unique way for prevention of development of specific vascular complications, as well as ways to achieve compensation using modern methods of insulin therapy. The guidance manual contains information for the pharmacokinetics of modern forms of insulin, the schemes of their administration, the problems of insulin therapy and ways to their decision. Particular attention is paid to the most modern and effective treatments for diabetes - short-acting insulin analogues and insulin analogues with prolonged action, as well as insulin pumps. Developed Consensus is based on data from large international studies and international experience, as well as the results own research and experience of clinical practice taking into account the standards of the WHO experts at the Institute of pediatric endocrinology FSI ERC RMT, which concentrates the most complex contingent of diabetic patients from different regions of our country.

diabetes mellitus, insulin analogues, basal-bolus insulin therapy, insulin pump, children and adolescents