Alarm at child diabetes admissions
Updated on 08 February 2010
More than 3,300 children are admitted to A&E each year for complications caused by diabetes, figures have shown.
There were 3,345 emergency admissions among under-18s in England for the 12 months to April 2009, the data, released by Diabetes UK, revealed.
The youngsters were admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis, which occurs when blood glucose levels are too high.
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