ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0018.10-1 | (1) | ESPEYB18

10.1. Did the COVID-19 lockdown affect the incidence of pediatric type 1 diabetes in Germany?

SR Tittel , J Rosenbauer , C Kamrath , J Ziegler , F Reschke , J Hammersen , K Monkemoller , A Pappa , T Kapellen , RW Holl , Initiative DPV

Diabetes Care. 2020;43(11):e172–e173. doi: 10.2337/dc20-1633During the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DPV (the German diabetes registry database) study group asked whether or not the COVID-19 lockdown had affected the incidence of pediatric T1D in Germany (1). More than 210 German pediatric diabetes centers contributed their data on pediatric patients with T1D with an onset at ag...

ey0020.8-6 | Important for Clinical Practice | ESPEYB20

8.6. Continuous glucose monitoring versus blood glucose monitoring for risk of severe hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis in children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 diabetes: a population-based study

B Karges , SR Tittel , A Bey , C Freiberg , C Klinkert , O Kordonouri , S Thiele-Schmitz , C Schroder , C Steigleder-Schweiger , RW Holl

Brief summary: In this large registry-based study, including 32 117 children and young people (aged 1.5–25 years) with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) was associated with decreased rates of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and severe hypoglycemia. Of interest, some CGM metrics predicted risk for these complications.CGM systems are now widely used by children with T1D, and there is evidence both from clinical trials a...