A territory‐wide study on the impact of COVID‐19 on diabetes‐related acute care

Autor: David Tak Wai Lui, Chi Ho Lee, Wing Sun Chow, Carol Ho Yi Fong, Yu Cho Woo, Karen Siu Ling Lam, Kathryn Choon Beng Tan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Diabetes Investigation, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 1303-1306 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2040-1124
2040-1116
DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13368
Popis: Abstract Diabetes is a risk factor for the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Little is known how the COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted diabetes‐related acute care. We compared hospitalization rates for severe hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia during the COVID‐19 outbreak in Hong Kong (study period: 25 January to 24 April 2020) with those during 25 January to 24 April 2019 (inter‐year control) and 25 October 2019 to 24 January 2020 (intra‐year control), using Poisson regression analysis. Hospitalization rates abruptly decreased after the first confirmed local COVID‐19 case on 23 January 2020, by 27% and 23% compared with the inter‐year and intra‐year control periods, respectively (incidence rate ratio 0.73 and 0.77, P
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