Maria Helena Melo Lima

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Introducing a very low carbohydrate diet for a child with type 1 diabetes

The patient was a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 4 years and 9 months. Before being hospitalised, he showed symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), such as...

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