Endocrine Abstracts

Background: During the pandemic, children and young people (CYP) have been in social isolation and faced many changes to their normal routine. Limited research has been done to understand how CYP with diabetes have been affected.Objective: The objective of this study was to understand how CYP with diabetes have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Questionnaires were produced which included both quantitative and qualitat...

Introduction: Diabetic Ketoacidosis is a life threatening emergency. BSPED has updated their guideline with changes in the fluid management (bolus dose for shock, de-escalate early use of inotropes, percentage dehydration in moderate DKA and maximum weight)Aims: To determine the clinical features and outcome of new presentations of DKA in 0–16 year age range and audit fluid managementM...