RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 COVID-19 and diabetes: What have we learned so far?
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP e87
OP e90
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0261
VO 20
IS 4
A1 Nida Taher
A1 Mohammed SB Huda
A1 Tahseen A Chowdhury
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/4/e87.abstract
AB COVID-19 and diabetes are both pandemics with major impacts on global public health. While the response to COVID-19 has been rapid and progressive to reduce risk of harm, the response to the diabetes pandemic has been somewhat more muted. People with diabetes have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, with growing evidence of higher mortality and morbidity. In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on our diabetes service in an urban area in the UK. We discuss the impact on our patients and ourselves, and the possible lessons we can carry into the future.