COVID-19 fatality prediction in people with diabetes and prediabetes using a simple score upon hospital admission.
Harald SourijFaisal AzizAlexander BräuerChristian CiardiMartin ClodiPeter FaschingMario KarolyiAlexandra Kautzky-WillerCarmen KlammerOliver MalleAbderrahim OulhajErich PawelkaSlobodan PericClaudia RessCaren SourijLars StechemesserHarald StinglThomas StulnigNorbert J TripoltMichael WagnerPeter WolfAndreas ZitterlSusanne Kasernull nullPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2020)
The in-hospital mortality for COVID-19 was high in people with diabetes but not significantly different to the risk in people with prediabetes. A risk score using five routinely available patient variables showed excellent predictive performance for assessing in-hospital mortality.