Diabetes and Covid-19 among hospitalized patients in Saudi Arabia: a single-centre retrospective study.
Abdullah M AlguwaihesMohammed E Al-SofianiMaram MegdadSakhar S AlbaderMohammad H AlsariAli AlelayanSaad H AlzahraniShaun SabicoNasser M Al-DaghriAnwar A JammahPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2020)
The prevalence of DM is high among hospitalized Covid-19 patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While DM patients have a higher mortality rate than their non-DM counterparts, other factors such as old age, congestive heart failure, smoking, β-blocker use, presence of bilateral lung infiltrates, elevated creatinine and severe vitamin D deficiency, appear to be more significant predictors of fatal outcome. Patients with acute metabolic dysfunctions, including hyperglycemia on admission are more likely to receive intensive care.
Keyphrases
- saudi arabia
- heart failure
- sars cov
- glycemic control
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular disease
- emergency department
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- smoking cessation
- case report
- cardiac resynchronization therapy