Author | Country | Study Design | Study Size | Age Group | Admission Rate/patient-year | Comments |
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Bui 2002 [21] | Australia | Retrospective analysis of DKA admissions 1985 – 1999 | 332 | 0–19 | 0.33 | Diabetes-related hospitalisations DKA associated with adverse metabolic events, cerebral edema and death |
Curtis 2002 [20] | Canada | Retrospective analysis of diabetes-related admissions 1991 – 2000 | 15872 | 0–18 | 52 – 70 per 100,000 population | Hospitalisation rates calculated for whole population. DKA rates stable |
Dunger 2004 [25] | Europe and North America | Consensus statement on DKA in children and adolescents based on literature review | Many studies | 0–19 | 0.01 – 0.10 | DKA admission rates only |
Jiang 2003 [29] | USA | Retrospective study of diabetes-related hospital admission records | 4698 | 1–17 | Not supplied | Multiple hospitalisation data not provided for estimating hospitalisation rates |
Keenan 2002 [24] | USA | Retrospective analysis of T1DM cohort for diabetes-related admissions 1996 – 1997 | 8566 | 1–20 | Not supplied | DKA and diabetic coma admissions only Focus on costs No admission rates presented |
Kovacs 1994 [30] | USA | Longitudinal 14-year follow-up of recruited IDDM cases diagnosed 1978 – 1985 | 95 | 8–13 | 0.15 | DKA admission rates only |
Morris 1997 [27] | England | Retrospective cohort analysis of IDDM patients attending clinic 1993 – 1994 | 89 | 1–29 | Not supplied | DKA admission rates and diabetic complications only Focus of correlation with HbA1C levels. |
Rewers 2002 [23] | USA | Prospective follow-up of a T1DM cohort 1996 – 2000 | 1243 | 0–19 | 0.08 | DKA admission rates only |
Rosilio 1998 [22] | France | National survey of T1DM children using 206 clinic centres | 2579 | 1–19 | 0.01 | DKA admission rates and severe hypoglycaemia events |
Smalldone 2005 [28] | USA | Retrospective analysis of hospital records for T1DM cohort 1998 – 2000 | Not given | 0–18 | Not supplied | Focus on comparison between single and multiple DKA admission rates |
Smith 1998 [26] | England | 6 year retrospective case review 1990 – 1996 | 135 | 0–18 | 0.10 | DKA admission rates only |