ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0020.8-5 | Important for Clinical Practice | ESPEYB20

8.5. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term trends in the prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis of paediatric type 1 diabetes: an international multicentre study based on data from 13 national diabetes registries

NH Birkebaek , C Kamrath , JM Grimsmann , K Aakesson , V Cherubini , K Dovc , C de Beaufort , GT Alonso , JW Gregory , M White , T Skrivarhaug , Z Sumnik , C Jefferies , T Hortenhuber , A Haynes , M De Bock , J Svensson , JT Warner , O Gani , R Gesuita , R Schiaffini , R Hanas , A Rewers , AJ Eckert , RW Holl , O Cinek

Brief summary: This international multicentre study collected data from 104 290 children and adolescents (6 months-18 years-old), to compare prevalence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prevalence of DKA at T1D diagnosis increased from 27.3% pre-pandemic to 39.4% during the pandemic, and the increased trends were associated with the pandemic containment measures.DKA is a life-thr...

ey0016.14-14 | (1) | ESPEYB16

14.14. Prenatal exome sequencing analysis in fetal structural anomalies detected by ultrasonography (PAGE): a cohort study

J Lord , DJ McMullan , RY Eberhardt , G Rinck , SJ Hamilton , E Quinlan-Jones , E Prigmore , R Keelagher , SK Best , GK Carey , R Mellis , S Robart , IR Berry , KE Chandler , D Cilliers , L Cresswell , SL Edwards , C Gardiner , A Henderson , ST Holden , T Homfray , T Lester , RA Lewis , R Newbury-Ecob , K Prescott , OW Quarrell , SC Ramsden , E Roberts , D Tapon , MJ Tooley , PC Vasudevan , AP Weber , DG Wellesley , P Westwood , H White , M Parker , D Williams , L Jenkins , RH Scott , MD Kilby , LS Chitty , ME Hurles , ER Maher

To read the full abstract: Lancet 2019;393:747–757. .This large prospective cohort study recruited from 34 UK fetal medicine units to evaluate the use of prenatal whole genome sequencing in 610 fetuses with a structural abnormality detected on antenatal ultrasound scanning and no chromosomal abnormality. Overall, a diagnostic genetic mutation ...