COVID-19 associated sick days spike in insulin requirements: the need for rapidly escalating treatment and rapidly reducing on recovery

Authors

  • Helen A Casey Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4WR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0047-3735
  • Chris Kelly Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4WR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2020.261

Keywords:

COVID-19, Diabetes Mellitus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis

Author Biographies

Helen A Casey, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4WR

Specialist Registrar Diabetes and Endocrinology West of Scotland

Chris Kelly, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4WR

Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, FK5 4WR

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Published

2020-12-13

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020): December 2020

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Letters to the editor

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