1. [Nursing care for the diabetic child].
- Author
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Aguila N, Miro M, Tang D, Castillo V, Piñeiro Lamas R, and Jiménez Pantoja O
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Hyperglycemia nursing, Hypoglycemia nursing, Male, Patient Education as Topic, Self Care, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 nursing
- Abstract
Nursing care is reviewed in six patients hospitalized with diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type I), three of them with poor metabolic control of disease (hospitalized in miscellaneous ward) and three with diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis (hospitalized in intensive care ward). Importance of nurse's work in the hospital assistance staff is pointed out.
- Published
- 1989