The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on DKA severity in Black and White pediatric patients.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q4 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI:10.1515/jpem-2024-0526

Shrina Patel, Elyzabeth Amador, Jonathan M Fischell, Erin Bewley, Kaitlin Jeffries, Paula G Newton, Stefanie Zaner Fischell

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Abstract

Objectives: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a complication of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, with a known increase in severity and incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our institution also observed a rise in pediatric DKA cases in our largely underserved patient population. We hypothesized that the impact would be more pronounced in Black patients due to prepandemic healthcare inequities.

Methods: To investigate this, we confirmed the increased number of severe DKA cases in our pediatric patients during the pandemic and then stratified data to compare laboratory values between Black and White patients. We analyzed patients with a DKA diagnosis admitted to our institution's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) prior to the pandemic (March 2016 to December 2017) and during its peak (March 2020 to December 2021).

Results and conclusions: Our data demonstrated more cases of severe DKA overall during 2020-2021 and when compared to prepandemic years, a statistically significant increase in severity for Black, but not White patients.

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Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 医学-内分泌学与代谢

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

7.10%

发文量

176

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： The aim of the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism (JPEM) is to diffuse speedily new medical information by publishing clinical investigations in pediatric endocrinology and basic research from all over the world. JPEM is the only international journal dedicated exclusively to endocrinology in the neonatal, pediatric and adolescent age groups. JPEM is a high-quality journal dedicated to pediatric endocrinology in its broadest sense, which is needed at this time of rapid expansion of the field of endocrinology. JPEM publishes Reviews, Original Research, Case Reports, Short Communications and Letters to the Editor (including comments on published papers),. JPEM publishes supplements of proceedings and abstracts of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes society meetings.