Difficulties experienced in diagnosis and follow-up of diabetes mellitus patients during the covid-19 pandemic period: 3 case reports

Autor: İzzet Fidancı, Okan Sabri Berk, Şule Bayer, Tülin Karaca Arslan, Hilal Aksoy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Ankara Medical Journal, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 321-326 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2148-4570
DOI: 10.5505/amj.2021.77044
Popis: Pandemic periods are one of the reasons patients have difficulty accessing healthcare services. Even diseases such as diabetes mellitus with a high prevalence and easy to diagnose today may delay the diagnosis of patients. Likewise, difficulties may be experienced in the follow-up of these patients due to pandemic period restrictions. We presented 1 diabetes mellitus patient delayed in diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic period and 2 diabetes mellitus patients who had difficulties in follow-up due to pandemic restrictions in this case reports.
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