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. 2020 Aug 25;324(8):801-804.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.13445.

Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Clemens Kamrath  1 , Kirsten Mönkemöller  2 , Torben Biester  3 , Tilman R Rohrer  4 , Katharina Warncke  5 , Johanna Hammersen  6 , Reinhard W Holl  7
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Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Clemens Kamrath et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses diabetes registry data to compare the frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children and adolescents at time of type 1 diabetes diagnosis in Germany during the first 2 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic vs the same time period in 2018 and 2019.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Mönkemöller reported receiving personal fees from Medtronic outside the submitted work. Dr Biester reported receiving personal fees from Medtronic, Sanofi, Ypsomed, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, DexCom, and Roche outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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