High Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in a Cohort of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Trinidad, West Indies.

Kirin RambaranBryan BhaganAmanda AliFiras AliShivan ToolsieRekha LobinShivani BeharrySabrina GhanySaeeda MohammedGershwin DavisSateesh SakhamuriSurujpal TeelucksinghTerence Seemungal

Published in: Turkish thoracic journal (2019)

This study revealed that a high proportion of COPD patients in tertiary care had diabetes or pre-diabetes.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
tertiary care
glycemic control
cardiovascular disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
single cell
skeletal muscle
patient reported