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Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Endocrinology and diabetes care

Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Endocrinology and diabetes care

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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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

Diabetes care

International

International Diabetes Federation (IDF): COVID-19 outbreak – Guidance for people with diabetes (updated 2020)

International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD): Clinical practice consensus guideline - Diabetic ketoacidosis in the time of COVID-19 and resource-limited settings – Role of subcutaneous insulin (2020)

United States

American Diabetes Association (ADA): COVID-19

ADA: Inpatient insulin protocols – COVID-19

Europe

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE): COVID-19 information for children and adolescents living with endocrine conditions, including type 1 diabetes mellitus (2020)

United Kingdom

British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED): Statement on glucocorticoid replacement and COVID-19 infections

Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and Diabetes UK: Maintaining acute diabetes services in response to COVID-19 (2020)

Diabetes UK: Position statement on diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

Diabetes UK: Position statement on support to manage risk for adults living with diabetes from COVID-19 (2020)

Diabetes UK: Position statement on support to manage risk for children and young people living with diabetes from COVID-19 (2020)

Diabetes UK and ABCD: Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID: Diabetes) – Guidance for managing inpatient hyperglycaemia (2020)

Diabetes UK and ABCD: Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID: Diabetes) – Guideline for managing DKA using subcutaneous insulin (where intravenous insulin infusion is not possible) (2020)

Diabetes UK and ABCD: Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID: Diabetes) – Safe and supported discharge to reduce readmissions and improve patient flow (2020)

Diabetes UK, Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS), and ABCD: Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID: Diabetes) – Dexamethasone/glucocorticosteroid therapy in COVID-19 patients: Implications and guidance for the management of blood glucose in people with and without diabetes (2020)

Diabetes UK, JBDS, and ABCD: Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID: Diabetes) – Front door guidance, update (2020)

India

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW): Clinical guidance on diagnosis and management of diabetes at COVID-19 patient management facility, version 2.0 (2021)

Diabetes care in pregnancy

(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Obstetric and neonatal health care".)

Endocrine cancer

(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Oncology care for solid tumors", section on 'Endocrine and neuroendocrine cancers'.)

Other endocrine diseases

International

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Endocrine Society (ES), European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) and National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF): Joint guidance on osteoporosis management in the era of COVID-19 (2020)

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)

British Thyroid Association (BTA)/SFE: Advice regarding resource-limited treatment of thyrotoxicosis during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

BTA/SFE: Statement regarding issues specific to thyroid dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

Vitamin D

International

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Endocrine Society (ES), American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS), the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF): Joint guidance on vitamin D in the era of COVID-19 (2020)

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)

Royal College of Physicians (RCP), British Dietetic Association (BDA) and Society for Endocrinology (SFE): Joint statement on COVID-19 and vitamin D (2020)

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)".)

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