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ea0081p87 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2022

COVID-19 and Steroids- How well are we monitoring blood glucose levels?

Me-Me-Ko Aye , Kapoor Ashutosh , Riaz Fatima , Wightman Stuart , Rao-Balakrishna Prasanna

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to various unprecedented challenges and obstacles, especially in the field of Diabetes and Metabolism, many of which are as novel as the pandemic itself. Discovering efficacious therapeutic options resulting in positive outcomes has been a challenge. Dexamethasone has been shown to reduce mortality in patients with Covid-19 pneumonitis who require oxygen therapy and/or ventilation. Exogenous steroid therapy is renowned to cause adverse...