Society guideline links: Hypoglycemia in infants and children

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in children" and "Society guideline links: Hypoglycemia in the neonate".)

International

●International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD): Pocketbook for management of diabetes in childhood and adolescence in under-resourced countries, 2nd edition (2017, updated 2018)

●ISPAD: Clinical practice consensus guidelines – Assessment and management of hypoglycemia in children and adolescents with diabetes (2018)

●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)

United States

●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Standards of medical care in diabetes (2022)

•Children and adolescents

●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely recommend daily home glucose monitoring for patients who have Type 2 diabetes mellitus and are not using insulin (2018)

●ADA: A position statement on diabetes care in the school setting (2015)

●Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES): Recommendations for evaluation and management of persistent hypoglycemia in neonates, infants, and children (2015)

●ADA and Endocrine Society (ES): Consensus statement on hypoglycemia and diabetes (2013)

United Kingdom

●Association of Children's Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC): Clinical guideline for the management of hypoglycemia in children and young people with type 1 diabetes (2019)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't advocate routine self-monitoring of blood glucose for people with type 2 diabetes who are on oral medication only (2015)