Elevated Fasting Blood Glucose Levels Are Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients Than in Pneumonia Patients with Bacterial Infections.
Wenjun WangZhong-Lin ChaiMark E CooperPaul Z ZimmetHua GuoJunyu DingFeifei YangXixiang LinXu ChenXiao WangQin ZhongZongren LiPeifang ZhangZhenzhou WuXizhou GuanLei ZhangKunlun HePublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Elevated FBG levels at admission predict subsequent clinical severity in all pneumonia patients regardless of the underlying pathogens, but COVID-19 patients are more sensitive to FBG levels, and suffer more severe clinical complications than other pneumonia patients.
Keyphrases
- blood glucose
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- blood pressure
- intensive care unit
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- community acquired pneumonia