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- COVID-19 in Two Children with New-Onset Diabetes: Case ReportsPublication . Rodrigues, C; Diamantino, C; Lança, A; Fitas, ALDelayed diagnosis, low socioeconomic status and infection have been associated with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at type 1 diabetes mellitus presentation. A teenager from a low socioeconomic status family, with longstanding weight loss, polyphagia, polyuria, vomiting and abdominal pain, attended the emergency department, also complaining of anosmia and odynophagia. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 and new-onset DKA. The second child had 2 weeks of diabetes symptoms and was admitted with new-onset mild DKA. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test was positive, although asymptomatic. Persistent hyperglycaemia with high insulin requirements was a common feature to both patients. Both cases support that SARS-CoV-2 may have an association with rapidly increasing insulin daily needs. In case one, not only fear of COVID-19 delayed hospital attendance but also the setting of a low socioeconomic status family appears to have enhanced the risk for late diagnosis and challenging disease management.
- Fat Mass Index Performs Best in Monitoring Management of Obesity in Prepubertal ChildrenPublication . Pereira-da-Silva, L; Pitta-Grós Dias, M; Dionísio, E; Virella, D; Alves, M; Diamantino, C; Alonso, A; Cordeiro-Ferreira, GAn early and accurate recognition of success in treating obesity may increase the compliance of obese children and their families to intervention programs. This observational, prospective study aimed to evaluate the ability and the time to detect a significant reduction of adiposity estimated by body mass index (BMI), percentage of fat mass (%FM), and fat mass index (FMI) during weight management in prepubertal obese children.
- Reversible Generalized Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation: Presenting Manifestation of Pernicious AnemiaPublication . Diamantino, F; Diamantino, C; Mascarenhas, A; Lopes, MJ