Critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome: a multi-center observational study.

Jesna JoseHasan M Al-DorziAwad Al-OmariYasser MandourahFahad Al-HameedMusharaf SadatEman Al QasimBasem AlraddadiAbdulrahman Al HarthyGhaleb A Al MekhlafiAbdullah AlmotairiKasim Al KhatibAhmed AbdulmomenIsmael QushmaqAnees A SindiAhmed MadyOthman SolaimanRajaa Al-RaddadiKhalid MaghrabiAhmed RagabAyman KharabaSarah ShalhoubAbdulsalam M Al-AithanGajendra K VishwakarmaAtanu BhattacharjeeYaseen M Arabinull null

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Half of the critically ill patients with MERS have diabetes; which is associated with more severe disease. Diabetes is an independent predictor of mortality among critically patients with MERS.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
cardiovascular events
early onset
coronary artery disease
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
weight loss
skeletal muscle
respiratory tract