Coronavirus lockdown effect on type 1 diabetes management οn children wearing insulin pump equipped with continuous glucose monitoring system

At the dawn of 2020, central China faced the outbreak of a highly transmittable, novel strain of the coronavirus, causing severe Illness that was subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 [1]. The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is characterized by severe acute respiratory syndrome and has a high mortality rate especially among the elderly and people with serious underlying medical conditions irrespectively of age [2]. By the 11th of March and as more than 110 countries have reported numerous cases of COVID-19, WHO declared this outbreak as a pandemic [3].

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - July 6, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Athanasios Christoforidis, Evgenia Kavoura, Aggeliki Nemtsa, Konstantina Pappa, Meropi Dimitriadou Source Type: research