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SUBMITTER: Vitale RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774356 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vitale Rebecca J RJ Card Casey E CE Lichtman Judith H JH Weyman Kate K Michaud Camille C Sikes Kristin K Tamborlane William V WV Weinzimer Stuart A SA
SAGE open nursing 20180101
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief, office-based educational intervention to increase parent or patient recognition of the early warning signs and symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Forty-two patients aged > 13 years and 34 parents of children aged ≤ 13 years were given a pretest questionnaire about their knowledge of signs and symptoms of DKA and sick day management practices. They received a brief refresher course on sick day management specific to t ...[more]