Difficulties experienced in diagnosis and follow-up of diabetes mellitus patients during the covid-19 pandemic period: 3 case reports
Pandemic periods are one of the reasons patients have difficulty accessing healthcare services. Even diseases such as diabetes mellitus with a high prevalence and easy to diagnose today may delay the diagnosis of patients. Likewise, difficulties may be experienced in the follow-up of these patients...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Ankara medical journal 2021-06, Vol.21 (2), p.321-326 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Pandemic periods are one of the reasons patients have difficulty accessing healthcare services. Even diseases such as diabetes mellitus with a high prevalence and easy to diagnose today may delay the diagnosis of patients. Likewise, difficulties may be experienced in the follow-up of these patients due to pandemic period restrictions. We presented 1 diabetes mellitus patient delayed in diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic period and 2 diabetes mellitus patients who had difficulties in follow-up due to pandemic restrictions in this case reports. |
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ISSN: | 2148-4570 2148-4570 |
DOI: | 10.5505/amj.2021.77044 |