Published online September 1, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 122 No. 3 September 2008, pp. 682 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1505)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Safety of Insulin Pumps, Even in Adolescent Use, Depends on Thorough Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Education

Lois Love Exelbert, RN, MS, CDE, BC-ADM
Diabetes Care Center,
Baptist Hospital of Miami,
Miami, FL 33176

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To the Editor.—

I found the report presented by Cope et al1 to be interesting but fear that the conclusions drawn could deprive many of the benefits of pump technology,2,3 particularly adolescents. The reasons are:

  1. The report combining insulin pumps and patient-controlled analgesia pumps presumed that technology is the key factor. Not so. Plus, there is little similarity between adolescents using patient-controlled analgesia to those . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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