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cord-333797-six8wzxz	Heaney, Ashley I.	Newly diagnosed diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by COVID-19 infection	2020-06-06		.txt	text/plain	900	71	64	J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f COVID-19 infections and diabetes have been linked since early reports identified patients with diabetes mellitus having worse clinical outcomes. 2 However, there has only been one case reported on COVID-19 infection precipitating a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type II. Testing in the ED revealed hyperglycemia, anion gap metabolic acidosis and ketonuria which confirmed the patient to be in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). We report a case of DKA precipitated by Covid-19 in a patient with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. There has been one prior case report of DKA and new onset diabetes mellitus in the setting of COVID-19 infection. Patients with elevated blood sugar and no history of diabetes should be evaluated for the possibility of new onset diabetes mellitus and DKA, especially in the setting of concomitant COVID-19 infection. Diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by Covid-19 in a patient with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus	./cache/cord-333797-six8wzxz.txt	./txt/cord-333797-six8wzxz.txt