Optimizing Screening and Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes

Elaine M. Apperson, MD, reviews the prevalence and risk factors in the pediatric population for type 1 diabetes.

Dr Elaine M. Apperson defines each stage of type 1 diabetes and how progression may present in pediatric patients.

An expert pediatric endocrinologist addresses awareness of family history of type 1 diabetes as well as differentiating within type 1 and type 2 disease.

Elaine M. Apperson, MD, reviews screening guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes.

Dr Elaine M. Apperson provides insight on when to refer patients with type 1 diabetes to pediatric endocrinology and comments on offering sibling antibody screening.

An expert pediatric endocrinologist discusses raising awareness among pediatricians about type 1 diabetes.

Elaine M. Apperson, MD, addresses early intervention and technologies for monitoring type 1 diabetes for disease management.

Dr Elaine M. Apperson shares diabetes prevention strategies and mitigating disease complications in the pediatric population as well as advice for health care practitioners managing the disease.