ea0085dpd1.2 | Diabetes and COVID Symposium | BSPED2022
Ponmani Caroline
, Barrett Michael
Background: Paediatric emergency departments saw an unusual increased incidence and severity of DKA in children with new onset diabetes in the COVID pandemic. The DIMPLES study (Diabetes Mellitus in children and young people presenting to the Emergency Department during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic) explored this using retrospective multicentre data from 49 EDs, providing a unique perspective of paediatric diabetes from the frontline.Methods: We compared the ...