Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Diabetes care
●International
•International Diabetes Federation (IDF): COVID-19 outbreak – Guidance for people with diabetes (updated 2020)
●United States
•American Diabetes Association (ADA): COVID-19
•ADA: Inpatient insulin protocols – COVID-19
●Europe
●United Kingdom
•Diabetes UK: Position statement on diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
●India
Diabetes care in pregnancy
●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Obstetric and neonatal health care".)
Endocrine cancer
Other endocrine diseases
●International
•ES: Our response to COVID-19 as endocrinologists and diabetologists (2020)
●Europe
•European Society of Endocrinology (ESE): A statement on COVID-19 and endocrine diseases (2020)
●United Kingdom
•Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS): Denosumab (Prolia) treatment and the COVID-19 pandemic
•Society for Endocrinology (SFE): Adrenal crisis during COVID-19 pandemic
•British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS): TED immunosuppression advice during COVID-19 (2020)
•BTA/SFE: Statement regarding issues specific to thyroid dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Vitamin D
●International
●United States
•National Institutes of Health (NIH): COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines – Vitamin D (updated 2021)
●United Kingdom
•National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): COVID-19 rapid guideline – Vitamin D (2020, updated 2022)
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[International] Endocrine Society Hormone Health Network (HHN): Keeping you in the know about COVID-19 (coronavirus)
●[International] International Diabetes Federation (IDF): COVID-19 outbreak – Guidance for people with diabetes
●[United States] American Diabetes Association (ADA): Diabetes and coronavirus
●[United States] National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF): COVID-19 updates and resources – For osteoporosis patients and caregivers
●[United States] The Obesity Society: Obesity & COVID-19
●[Europe] European Thyroid Association (ETA): COVID-19 – Information for patients with thyroid diseases
●[United Kingdom] British Thyroid Foundation (BTF): Thyroid disease and coronavirus (COVID-19)
●[United Kingdom] Diabetes UK: Information for your patients on coronavirus
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)