Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2022; 130(S 01): S39-S48
DOI: 10.1055/a-1624-3340
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes

Abridged Version of the S3 Guideline (AWMF Register Number: 057–013; 2nd Edition)
Thomas Haak
1   Diabetes Center, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
,
Stefan Gölz
2   Diabetic Practice, Esslingen, Germany
,
Andreas Fritsche
3   Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
,
Martin Füchtenbusch
4   Diabetes Center, Munich, Germany
,
Thorsten Siegmund
5   Diabetes, Hormones and Metabolism Centre, Private Practice at the Isar Hospital, Munich, Germany
,
Elisabeth Schnellbächer
6   Birkenfeld, Germany
,
Harald H. Klein
7   Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical Hospital I, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
,
Til Uebel
8   prima-diab Practice Dres. Uebel, Ittlingen, Germany
,
Diana Droßel
9   Eschweiler, Germany
› Author Affiliations

Addressees and objectives

This guideline is directed at all people with type 1 diabetes and all occupational groups that care for people with type 1 diabetes, especially:

  • Registered diabetologists,

  • General practitioners and internists,

  • Doctors working in hospitals (diabetes specialists, anaesthesiologists, surgeons, radiologists),

  • Nurses/professional caregivers (in the operating theatre and/or wards or in the field of diagnostics) and

  • Outpatient or inpatient diabetes consultants and other professional groups in diabetology.

In addition, the guideline is directed at higher-level institutions such as health insurance companies or medical services.

In preparing and updating these guidelines, the authors pursue the following objectives:

  1. Reduce the rate of diabetes-associated complications. The diagnosis and treatment of lipodystrophy is also described for the first time;

  2. Improve the quality of life of people with type 1 diabetes;

  3. Contribute to the adequate care of people with type 1 diabetes in hospitals, both in regular and intensive care units. In particular, the implementation of safe protocols to protect against hypoglycaemia in intravenous insulin therapy should be supported;

  4. Ensure correct treatment of acute complications and thus reduce the risk of complications due to treatment;

  5. Reinforce the correct training of people with type 1 diabetes, especially in the outpatient sector.



Publication History

Article published online:
01 April 2022

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