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Diabetic ketoacidosis at type 1 diabetes diagnosis in children during the <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 pandemic
- Source :
- Pediatric Diabetes
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Objective The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to significant public health measures that have resulted in decreased acute pediatric care utilization. We evaluated whether the rate of severe presentations of new onset type 1 diabetes (DM1), such as, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has changed since the COVID‐19 public health measures were enacted. Research Design and Methods A retrospective chart review of children less than 18 years of age presenting with new onset DM1 during the pandemic period of March 17, 2020 to August 31, 2020 was conducted at two tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Alberta, Canada. Rates of DKA and severe DKA were compared to the same time period in the year 2019 (pre‐pandemic control). Results The number of children presenting with newly diagnosed DM1 was similar during the pandemic year of 2020 compared with 2019 (107 children in 2020 vs. 114 in 2019). The frequency of DKA at DM1 onset was significantly higher in the pandemic period (68.2% vs 45.6%; p
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
endocrine system diseases
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Epidemiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Alberta
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
COVID‐19
Diabetes mellitus
Health care
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Pandemics
Children
Retrospective Studies
Type 1 diabetes
diabetes
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
pandemic
Public health
Incidence (epidemiology)
COVID-19
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13995448 and 1399543X
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Diabetes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7b5ca03c8e2be2b1595a84ab5988517b