TY - JOUR T1 - Management of insulin pump therapy in children with type 1 diabetes JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 214 LP - 220 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304501 VL - 99 IS - 6 AU - Nadeem Abdullah AU - Claire Pesterfield AU - Daniela Elleri AU - David B Dunger Y1 - 2014/12/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/99/6/214.abstract N2 - Insulin pump therapy is a current treatment option for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Insulin pumps can provide a greater flexibility in insulin administration and meal planning, as compared with multiple insulin injections, and they may be particularly suitable for the paediatric age group. Many young people with diabetes have integrated insulin pumps into their daily practice. The use of insulin pumps can also be supplemented by the information retrieved from continuous glucose monitoring in the sensor-augmented pump therapy, which may improve glycaemic control. In this review, we describe the principles of pump therapy and summarise features of commercially available insulin pumps, with focus on practical management and the advantages and disadvantages of this technology. ER -