ADVICE: General Advice for Healthcare Professionals
We will endeavour to keep this page updated to support Healthcare Professionals working in diabetes care
Medication
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI) and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs)
For European Society of Cardiology (ESC) consensus document information about the use of ACEi and A2RBs and COVID 19:
This same message is repeated from the Renal Association:
Steriods and pituitary/adrenal insufficiency sick day rules:
Advice from Society of endocrinology for patients who take replacement steroids for pituitary/adrenal insufficiency and sick day rules:
NSAIDS and COVID-19
An NHS England letter documenting the use of NSAIDS-paracetamol preference for symptom management in COVID-19, people who take regular NSAIDs should not stop the.
How long the virus lasts on surfaces:
For quick charts illustrating how long the virus lives on surfaces click this link:
https://twitter.com/kamleshkhunti/status/1240557431878569985/photo/1
Full article at:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?referringSource=articleShare
Neeltje van Doremalen, N; Bushmaker, T.; Morris, D. et al. (2020) Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1. NEJM
COVID-19 and children:
For the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in children, click below:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2005073?query=TOC#.XnKWcZdzAVE.twitter
Lu, X.; Zhang, L.; Du, H. et al. (2020) SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children. NEJM
intercurrent illness in the community:
Booklet kindly supplied by TREND Diabetes, click image to download. Other useful resources can be downloaded at https://trend-uk.org/resources/
Resources for Healthcare Professionals:
Helpful resources from Abbott to help you support your patient’s diabetes management during this time.
