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Shazhan Amed

Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Verified email at cw.bc.ca
Cited by 1556

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY): making the right diagnosis to optimize treatment

S Amed, R Oram - Canadian journal of diabetes, 2016 - Elsevier
Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare but increasingly recognized cause of
diabetes in young people. It is a monogenic disorder that typically presents at <25 years of …

Type 2 diabetes, medication-induced diabetes, and monogenic diabetes in Canadian children: a prospective national surveillance study

S Amed, HJ Dean, C Panagiotopoulos… - Diabetes …, 2010 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To determine in Canadian children aged <18 years the 1) incidence of type 2
diabetes, medication-induced diabetes, and monogenic diabetes; 2) clinical features of type 2 …

Incidence trends of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in British Columbia, Canada

KT Kao, N Islam, DA Fox, S Amed - The Journal of Pediatrics, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To estimate the 11-year incidence trend of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at and
after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Study design A retrospective cohort study using a …

Type 1 diabetes incidence and prevalence trends in a cohort of Canadian children and youth

…, N Islam, J Sutherland, K Reimer, S Amed - Pediatric …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objective Incidence rates of type 1 diabetes have long been on the rise
across the globe, however, there is emerging evidence that the rate of rise may be slowing. The …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of telephone and virtual visits for routine pediatric diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Fung, M Irvine, A Ayub, S Ziabakhsh, S Amed… - Journal of clinical & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims To evaluate pediatric type 1 diabetes telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic,
with a focus on assessing the usability of these visits and gathering patient perspectives. …

Adherence to clinical practice guidelines in the management of children, youth, and young adults with type 1 diabetes—a prospective population cohort study

S Amed, K Nuernberger, P McCrea, K Reimer… - The journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Shazhan Amed MD, MScPH 1 , Kimberly Nuernberger MA
2 , Patrick McCrea BA 2 , Kim Reimer BSc, BEd 3 , Hans Krueger PhD 4 , Sema K. Aydede …

Clinical management of youth with gender dysphoria in Vancouver

K Khatchadourian, S Amed, DL Metzger - The Journal of pediatrics, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To describe patient characteristics at presentation, treatment, and response to
treatment in youth with gender dysphoria. Study design A retrospective chart review of 84 youth …

Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents

S Amed, D Daneman, FH Mahmud… - Expert review of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children and adolescents parallels the rising
rates of childhood obesity. As a condition of impaired insulin sensitivity and relative insulin …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of mobile apps in promoting healthy behavior changes and preventing obesity in children: systematic review

…, S Pinkney, AD Kim, A Kalia, S Amed - JMIR Pediatrics and …, 2022 - pediatrics.jmir.org
Background: Mobile apps have been increasingly incorporated into healthy behavior promotion
interventions targeting childhood obesity. However, their effectiveness remains unclear. …

Incidence and prevalence trends of youth‐onset type 2 diabetes in a cohort of Canadian youth: 2002‐2013

S Amed, N Islam, J Sutherland, K Reimer - Pediatric diabetes, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Youth‐onset type 2 diabetes is an emerging disease. We estimated incidence and
prevalence trends of youth‐onset type 2 diabetes between 2002 and 2013 in the Canadian …