Diabetic ketoacidosis in pediatric patients with type 1- and type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, when interpreting these results it has to be mentioned that, although odds ratio was 1.65 times higher for being admitted with a DKA in 2020 compared to 2019 adjusted for age, gender and BMI, the observed differences in frequency and severity of DKA between 2020 and 2019 did not reach statistical significance, which may be attributable to the small sample size.

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The variable “days spent in hospital” shows a significant trend for longer hospital stays for patients with new onset DM in 2020.

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Thus, although the most frequent cause of newly diagnosed DM is type 1 diabetes in childhood, there is a clear trend towards an increase in the frequency of type 2 diabetes, and some of these patients present with severe DKA.

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