Ghosh Amerta, Gupta Ritesh, Misra Anoop
Fortis CDOC Hospital for Diabetes and Allied Specialties, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, India.
Fortis CDOC Hospital for Diabetes and Allied Specialties, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, India; National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, New Delhi, India; Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi, India.
Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Jul-Aug;14(4):273-276. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 4.
In view of restrictions on mobility of patients because of COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face consultations are difficult. We sought to study the feasibility of telemedicine in this scenario.
PubMed and Google Scholar search engines were searched using the key terms 'telemedicine', 'diabetes', 'COVID-19 up to 31 March 2020. In addition, existing guidelines including those by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, were accessed.
We discuss evidence and general guidelines regarding role of telemedicine in patients with diabetes along with its utility and limitations.
Telemedicine is a useful tool for managing patients of diabetes during this lockdown period. However, there is limited data and further research is required.
鉴于2019冠状病毒病疫情导致患者行动受限,面对面咨询变得困难。我们试图研究在这种情况下远程医疗的可行性。
使用关键词“远程医疗”“糖尿病”“2019冠状病毒病”检索截至2020年3月31日的PubMed和谷歌学术搜索引擎。此外,还查阅了包括印度政府卫生与家庭福利部(MOHFW)在内的现有指南。
我们讨论了关于远程医疗在糖尿病患者中的作用及其效用和局限性的证据和一般指南。
在这段封锁期间,远程医疗是管理糖尿病患者的有用工具。然而,数据有限,需要进一步研究。