Care of Pediatric Patients with Diabetes During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Department of Pediatrics, Wayne Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 400 Mack Avenue, Suite 1East, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. Electronic address: cbuggs@med.wayne.edu.

Pediatric clinics of North America. 2021;(5):1093-1101

Abstract

This article summarizes clinical observations and management strategies in pediatric type 1 diabetes (T1D) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite initial fears that children with diabetes would, similar to adults with diabetes, be at risk for severe COVID-19, most pediatric patients with a history of T1D who developed COVID-19 had mild disease or were asymptomatic similar to their peers without diabetes. The article also summarizes the use of telemedicine to provide ongoing care for pediatric patients with T1D during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the article highlights important lessons learned about management of pediatric diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodological quality

Publication Type : Review

Metadata

MeSH terms : Telemedicine