Pump Therapy for Children: Weighing the Risks and Benefits
View 1: The Cons of Insulin Pump Therapy in the Young Child
- Georgeanna J. Klingensmith, MD,
- Rita Temple-Trujillo, LCSW, CDE and
- DeAnn Johnson, RN, BSN, CDE
Abstract
In Brief
Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy can provide improved diabetes care and improve quality of life for some children with diabetes. However, insulin pump therapy in children poses unique problems not faced in adult diabetes management. Appropriate supervision of pump therapy in a young child requires an adult who is motivated, educated, and available at all times to manage the insulin pump.
Footnotes
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Georgeanna J. Klingensmith, MD, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. She is also Director of Pediatric Services at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver, where Rita Temple-Trujillo, LCSW, CDE, is a licensed clinical social worker and certified diabetes educator, and DeAnn Johnson, RN, BSN, CDE, is a diabetes educator.
- American Diabetes Association
