Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

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Authors

Clemens Kamrath · University of Giessen

Kirsten Mönkemöller · Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus

Torben Biester · Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult

Tilman Rohrer · Saarland University

Katharina Warncke · Technical University of Munich

Johanna Hammersen · Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Reinhard W. Holl

Abstract

This study uses diabetes registry data to compare the frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children and adolescents at time of type 1 diabetes diagnosis in Germany during the first 2 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic vs the same time period in 2018 and 2019.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes and associated disorders Diabetes Management and Research Pancreatic function and diabetes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 324, Issue 8, pp. 801-801

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.13445

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