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. 2020 Jun:164:108185.
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108185. Epub 2020 May 1.

Admission hyperglycemia and radiological findings of SARS-CoV2 in patients with and without diabetes

Gianluca Iacobellis  1 , Carlos A Penaherrera  2 , Luis E Bermudez  2 , Ernesto Bernal Mizrachi  2
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Admission hyperglycemia and radiological findings of SARS-CoV2 in patients with and without diabetes

Gianluca Iacobellis et al. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Diabetes emerged as major risk factor for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and adverse outcome in patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Nevertheless, the role of admission hyperglycemia in patients with COVID-19 has not been well-explored, yet. With this retrospective analysis, we report for the first time that hyperglycemia on day-1 is the best predictor of radiographic imaging of SARS-CoV2, regardless of the past medical history of diabetes. Admission hyperglycemia should not be overlooked, but adequately treated to improve the outcomes of COVID-19 patients with our without diabetes.

Keywords: COVID-19; Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; SARS-Cov2.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Glucose changes during the admission in COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes.
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(A) anterior-posterior chest x-ray imaging of a female COVID-19 patient with normal blood glucose levels on admission day-1 and no radiographic pathologic findings. Patient was discharged home; (B) anterior-posterior chest x-ray imaging of a male COVID-19 patient with hyperglycemia on admission day-1 who developed SARS. Patient died.
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