A Multicenter Retrospective Survey regarding Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management in Italian Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 1

Demographic characteristic of the 68 participating centers, according to being primary/secondary or tertiary referral centers.

	All ()	Primary/secondary; referral centers ()	Tertiary referral; centers ()
Local registries (/%)	43 (63.2)	17 (58.6)	26 (66.6%)	<0.001
Pediatric emergency unit (/%)	28 (41)	0 (0)	28 (71.8)	<0.0001
DKA treatment led by pediatric diabetologist (/%)	10 (14)	0 (0)	10 (25.6)	<0.0001
DKA treatment led by general pediatrician with pediatric diabetologist on the phone (/%)	45 (66)	16 (56.2)	29 (74.4)	<0.05
DKA treatment led by general pediatrician (/%)	13 (19)	13 (19)	0 (0)	<0.0001