Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in adults".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Hyperglycemic emergencies".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Blood glucose monitoring".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Lipid disorders and atherosclerosis in children".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Obesity in children".)
Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)
International
●Endocrine Society (ES): Clinical practice guideline for the management of individuals with diabetes at high risk for hypoglycemia (2022)
●International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent (ISPAD): Clinical practice consensus guidelines
•Diabetes in adolescence (2022)
•Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (2022)
•Sick day management in children and adolescents with diabetes (2022)
•Stages of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents (2022)
•Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents (2022)
•Fasting during Ramadan by young people with diabetes (2019)
•Assessment and management of hypoglycemia in children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)
•Definition, epidemiology, and classification of diabetes in children and adolescents (2018)
•Diabetes education in children and adolescents (2018)
•Diabetes technologies (2018)
•Exercise in children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)
•Glycemic control targets and glucose monitoring for children, adolescents, and young adults with diabetes (2018)
•Insulin treatment in children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)
•Microvascular and macrovascular complications in children and adolescents (2018)
•Nutritional management in children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)
•Other complications and associated conditions in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (2018)
•Psychological care of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (2018)
•The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care to children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)
•The diagnosis and management of monogenic diabetes in children and adolescents (2018)
•The management and support of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in school (2018)
•The management of children and adolescents with diabetes requiring surgery (2018)
•The management of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes in children and adolescents (2018)
●Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO): Clinical practice guideline for diabetes management in chronic kidney disease (2022)
●European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and ISPAD: Position statement on glucose management for exercise using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) systems in type 1 diabetes (2020)
●ISPAD: Position statement on type 1 diabetes in schools (2018)
●ISPAD and International Diabetes Foundation (IDF): Pocketbook for management of diabetes in childhood and adolescence in under-resourced countries, 2nd edition (2017)
●World Health Organization (WHO): Global report on diabetes (2016)
●American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Endocrine Society (ES): Consensus statement on hypoglycemia and diabetes (2013)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on managing type 1 diabetes in school – Recommendations for policy and practice (2015)
●Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee: Clinical practice guidelines for prevention and management of diabetes in Canada (2013)
●CDA Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee: Clinical practice guidelines for type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents (2013)
●CDA Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee: Clinical practice guidelines for type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents (2013)
United States
●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of medical care in diabetes (2022)
•Children and adolescents
●American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM): Position statement on the care of the athlete and athletic person with diabetes (2022)
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Recommendation statement on screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents (2022)
●Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA): Perioperative management of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus – Updated recommendations for anesthesiologists (2020)
●American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)/American College of Endocrinology (ACE): Consensus statement on outpatient glucose monitoring (2016)
●ADA: Position statement on physical activity/exercise and diabetes (2016)
●ADA: Position statement on psychosocial care for people with diabetes (2016)
●AACE/ACE: Clinical practice guidelines for developing a diabetes mellitus comprehensive care plan (2015)
●Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Diabetes guideline (2015)
●ADA: Position statement on diabetes care in the school setting (2015)
●AACE/ACE: Consensus statement on insulin pump management (2014)
●ADA: Position statement on care of young children with diabetes in the child care setting (2014)
●ADA: Position statement on type 1 diabetes through the life span (2014)
●ADA Consensus Conference: Report on diabetic kidney disease (2014)
●AHA: Scientific statement on cardiovascular disease risk factors in youth with diabetes mellitus (2014)
●AHA and ADA: Scientific statement on type 1 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease (2014)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical practice guideline on management of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in children and adolescents (2013)
●ADA: Scientific statement on socioecological determinants of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (2013)
●ADA and Endocrine Society (ES): Consensus statement on hypoglycemia and diabetes (2013)
●American Society for Nutrition (ASN): Scientific statement on consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease (2013)
●Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES): Position article and guidelines on hemoglobin A1c measurement for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in children (2012)
●ADA: Diabetes care for emerging adults – Recommendations for transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care systems (2011)
●AAP: Position statement on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in very young children with type 1 diabetes (2006)
●ADA: Position statement on care of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (2005)
Europe
●European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD): Position statement on glucose management for exercise using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) systems in type 1 diabetes (2020)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people – Diagnosis and management (2015, updated 2022)
●NICE: Quality standard on diabetes in children and young people (2022)
●British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED): Guideline for the management of children and young people under the age of 18 years with diabetic ketoacidosis (2021)
●NICE: Guideline for diabetic foot problems – Prevention and management (2015, updated 2019)
●Association of Children's Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC), BSPED, and National Children and Young People's (CYP) Diabetes Network: Clinical guideline for the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus during illness in children and young people under 18 years (sick day rules) (2018)
●ACDC: Clinical guideline on a practical approach to the management of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)/real-time flash glucose scanning (FGS) in Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and young people under 18 years (2018)
●Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) and Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS): Guidelines for the management of diabetes in adults and children with psychiatric disorders in inpatient settings (2018)
●ACDC: Clinical guideline on care of children under 18 years with diabetes mellitus undergoing surgery (2017)
●ACDC, BSPED, and CYP: Clinical guideline for the practical management of hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) in children (2017)
●NICE: Guideline for type 2 diabetes – Prevention in people at high risk (2012, updated 2017)
●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): National clinical guideline for pharmacological management of glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes (2017)
●SIGN: National clinical guideline on management of diabetes (2010, updated 2017)
●ACDC: Clinical guideline on care of the well child, newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2016)
●ACDC: Clinical guideline on management of hypoglycaemia in children and young people with type 1 diabetes (2016)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Guidelines for management of type 2 diabetes (2018)
●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Clinical practice guidelines on type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in India, 2nd edition (2017)
Australia-New Zealand
●Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group (APEG): Position statement on the use of continuous glucose monitoring systems for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes at school and preschool (2019)
●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Diabetes Australia: General practice management of type 2 diabetes (2016-18)
●APEG and Australian Diabetes Society (ADS): National evidence-based clinical care guidelines for type 1 diabetes in children, adolescents, and adults (2011)
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Diabetes Society (JDS): Evidence-based practice guideline for the treatment for diabetes in Japan (2013)
●[In Japanese] JDS: Evidence-based practice guideline for the treatment for diabetes in Japan (2013)
