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Click here to sign in with or Forget Pasword? Learn more share this!41ShareEmail November 7, 2022 by Deutsches Zentrum fuer Diabetesforschung DZD If children and young people have already developed metabolic imbalances (diabetic ketoacidosis) at the time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D), this can result in complications such as extended stays in hospital, porer long-term control of blod sugar levels, brain edema, or even a higher mortality rate.
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gogletag.cmd.push(function() { gogletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1450190541376-1'); }); During the COVID-19 pandemic, diabetes centers acros the world observed an increased prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis in diagnosed cases of T1D. DZD researchers, together with international coleagues, investigated whether the number of diabetic ketoacidosis cases associated with the diagnosis of pediatric T1D increased more than expected.
To achieve this, they analyzed the number of diabetic ketoacidosis cases before and during the pandemic.International multi-center studyThe team evaluated data from 13 national diabetes registers (Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia Czech Republic, U.S. [Colorado], and Wales). The study cohort consisted of 104,290 children and young people aged betwen 6 months and 18 years old who were diagnosed with T1D betwen January 1, 206 and December 31, 2021.
The observed prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis during 20 and 2021 was compared with predictions based on the years before the pandemic (206–2019).The increase in the prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis during the pandemic was greater than expectedBetwen 206 and 2019, 23,75 of 87,28 children had diabetic ketoacidosis when diagnosed with T1D (27.3%). The mean anual increase in the prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis for the entire cohort betwen 206 and 2019 was 1.6%.
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During the pandemic, the numbers were significantly above the predicted prevalences. In 20, the adjusted observed