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What links COVID-19 and the microvascular complications of diabetes? And what is the significance for the post-COVID syndrome known as ‘long COVID’? Professor Rayaz Malik on an emerging field of research.
In the second part of his special presentation, Dr Marc Evans looks at how we predict COVID-19 transmission and asks what the models tell us about what we might expect to see next.
Dr Marc Evans (Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK) on the current vaccine landscape – the first in a two-part presentation ‘COVID-19 update: Vaccines and beyond’.
Education, risk stratification, treatment, monitoring – and when to stop fasting: Professor Wasim Hanif on supporting our patients to fast safely in the time of COVID-19.
Professor Samy Hadjadj on conducting research during a pandemic and how the CORONADO initiative was able to identify factors that determine outcomes for people with diabetes hospitalised with COVID-19.
Click below to access the two CORONADO papers published in Diabetologia.
For more on the CORONADO initiative, visit the CORONADO website at https://www.diabetes-covid.org
Professor Catarina Limbert on how COVID-19 has transformed paediatric diabetes services – and what’s required to extend the benefits of telemedicine and telemonitoring to more people with diabetes.
Dr Prash Vas on how a year of COVID-19 has transformed diabetic foot services.
NHS England: DF Service management strategy during the pandemic
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International Working Group on Diabetic Foot
Collecting questions from diabetic foot clinicians and matching them with answers from r global network of DFU experts.
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D-Foot International ‘Fast-Track’ pathway for COVID-19
Meloni, M.; Bouillet, B.; Ahluwalia, R.; Lüdemann, C.; Sánchez-Ríos, J.P.; Iacopi, E.; Lazaro-Martinez, J.L. Fast-track pathway for diabetic foot ulceration during COVID-19 crisis: A document from International Diabetic Foot Care Group and D-Foot International. Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev. 2020
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Diabetic Foot Society of India guidance document
Kesavan R, Murthy V B, Rastogi A, Bal A. Guidance for diabetic foot management during COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Vasc Endovasc Surg [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Feb 23];7:116-20.
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From guesswork to anti-inflammatories and anti-coagulants, Professor Mikael Ryden on a year of having to learn quickly how to treat a deadly new virus.
Though known to reduce mortality in people with COVID-19, dexamethasone can also induce hyperglycaemia – even diabetes. Professor Ketan Dhatariya looks at inpatient care of diabetes in people given dexamethasone or other glucocortoids.
Professor Ketan Dhatariya on how to manage hyperglycaemia in people with COVID-19 in a hospital setting.
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Professor Ketan Dhatariya updates guidance on hyperglycaemia in people presenting with COVID-19 at hospital.
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One year on, Professor Peter Rossing revisits controversies over the impact on COVID-19 outcomes of RAS-blocking agents and other therapies used by people with diabetes
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Professor Carel Le Roux on the NEJM paper that showed him why people with diabetes are disproportionately vulnerable to severe COVID-19.
The full New England Journal of Medicine article can be accessed at: https://www.nejm.org/doi/
Learning from this pandemic will be vital in future crises. EASD President Professor Stefano Del Prato launches our new series of COVID-19 films.
Learning from this pandemic will be vital in future crises. EASD President Professor Stefano Del Prato launches our new series of COVID-19 films.
Restarting clinics is essential to improving the lives of people with diabetes, says Professor Chantal Mathieu. But we need to do it right.
Better integration of primary care into healthcare systems will be essential to meeting the challenges of ‘the pandemic era’, argues Professor Pinar Topsever.
Professor Xavier Cos gives a primary care perspective on the experience of COVID-19 in Spain and Italy, and calls for a better, broader understanding of healthcare in the future.
Professor Gian Paolo Fadini anticipates the post-COVID-19 research agenda.
Stay safe, go virtual and keep ‘in range’ – and don’t forget to exercise. Professor Tadej Battelino shares his top tips for people with diabetes during the pandemic.
For more on continuous blood glucose monitoring and time in range, visit our courses Technology and type 1 diabetes and Time in range.
Dr Amar Puttanna considers the particular vulnerabilities faced by older people with diabetes during COVID-19.
After a month spent working with COVID-19-positive diabetic patients in Stockholm, Professor Mikael Rydén reflects on some of the more puzzling aspects of the pandemic.
Managing diabetic foot is challenging at the best of times. COVID-19 adds a whole new dimension, says Dr Prash Vas.
For more on the prevention and treatment of foot disease, visit our course The diabetic foot.
In the context of this pandemic, is Ramadan fasting safe for people with diabetes? Dr Nader Lessan considers whether COVID-19 should alter the usual advice.
For more on Ramadan fasting for people with diabetes, visit our course Diabetes and Ramadan.
Growing evidence points to obesity as an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19. Don’t let this compound existing stigmatisation, warns Professor Carel Le Roux.
How should you advise and treat diabetes patients with suspected COVID-19? Dr Amar Puttanna talks you through three cases.
For more on diabetic ketoacidosis, visit our module Pathophysiology and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis
Professor Peter Rossing weighs the evidence as to what role ACE inhibitors and ARBs might play.
For more on the RAAS, visit our module Tips and tricks for the use of ACE inhibitors, ARBs and SGLT-2 inhibitors.
The number of people developing severe COVID-19 from BME groups is disproportionately high. Professor Kamlesh Khunti asks why.
Dr Amar Puttanna gets down to the basics of managing diabetes during the pandemic.
For more on the STICH protocol for preventing diabetic ketoacidosis, visit our module Tips and tricks in the use of SGLT inhibitors in type 1 diabetes.
EASD President Professor Stefano Del Prato pays tribute to the work of diabetes healthcare professionals grappling with the pandemic and outlines how the EASD can support their efforts.
Self care and self compassion are essential if healthcare professionals are to cope with the stress of COVID-19 over the long haul, says Professor Frank Snoek.
Information on diabetes and COVID-19 is changing almost daily. Based on evidence from China and Italy, Dr Amar Puttanna assesses what we know so far.
Professor Pratik Choudhary shares some key pointers for people with type 1 diabetes on how to keep well during the COVID-19 crisis.
People with diabetes are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. Professor Ketan Dhatariya sets out the essentials of diabetes management for hospital staff at the frontline of the pandemic.
For more on diabetic ketoacidosis, visit our module Pathophysiology and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis
Professor Ketan Dhatariya explains why keeping diabetes teams intact is vital to the COVID-19 effort.
Professor Pieter Gillard from Leuven, Belgium, gives a timely warning about the risk of false glucose sensor readings for people with diabetes who are taking paracetamol.
For more on glucose sensors, visit our courses on Technology and type 1 diabetes