Isolation and Education During a Pandemic: Novel Telehealth Approach to Family Education for a Child With New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes and Concomitant COVID-19

What is it about?

The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly impacted human life in many ways including healthcare delivery. Concurrent new onset type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 in a pediatric patient pose a unique challenge for the diabetes care and education team. In this case report, we present a child with new onset type 1 diabetes and concomitant COVID-19 who was admitted to a Special Isolation Unit (SIU). We implemented a novel telehealth approach showing our adaptation from in-person pediatric diabetes education to remote telehealth delivered to her caregivers in an effort to limit the risk of virus transmission to staff and preserve personal protective equipment (PPE) while still achieving the goal of comprehensive new onset diabetes education.

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