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Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates
OBJECTIVES: To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS: Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait Hospital in Dubai, UAE, from February to May 2020 was collected retrospectively, includ...
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Saudi Medical Journal
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33563736 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25700 |
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author | Elemam, Noha M. Hannawi, Haifa Salmi, Issa Al Naeem, Kashif Bin Alokaily, Fahdah Hannawi, Suad |
author_facet | Elemam, Noha M. Hannawi, Haifa Salmi, Issa Al Naeem, Kashif Bin Alokaily, Fahdah Hannawi, Suad |
author_sort | Elemam, Noha M. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS: Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait Hospital in Dubai, UAE, from February to May 2020 was collected retrospectively, including demographic data, clinical symptoms, blood tests, as well as radiographical assessments, and clinical outcomes of COVID-19. The design of the study is a retrospective cohort study. RESULTS: COVID-19 patients with diabetes belong to an older age group, had a higher percentage of male patients, exhibited more lymphopenia and neutrophilia, and higher ferritin levels. Additionally, patients with diabetes presented fever and shortness of breath (SOB), displayed more bilateral airspace consolidation and opacities in their chest x-ray and CT scans, compared to non-diabetics. A higher percentage of critical, ICU-admitted, and death of COVID-19 cases in the diabetic group was also reported. This was along with a concomitant increase in C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and lactate dehydrogenase levels. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes is considered a comorbidity as diabetic patients showed more severe COVID-19 symptoms that led to critical clinical outcomes such as ICU admission and death. |
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spelling | pubmed-79892882021-04-08 Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates Elemam, Noha M. Hannawi, Haifa Salmi, Issa Al Naeem, Kashif Bin Alokaily, Fahdah Hannawi, Suad Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS: Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait Hospital in Dubai, UAE, from February to May 2020 was collected retrospectively, including demographic data, clinical symptoms, blood tests, as well as radiographical assessments, and clinical outcomes of COVID-19. The design of the study is a retrospective cohort study. RESULTS: COVID-19 patients with diabetes belong to an older age group, had a higher percentage of male patients, exhibited more lymphopenia and neutrophilia, and higher ferritin levels. Additionally, patients with diabetes presented fever and shortness of breath (SOB), displayed more bilateral airspace consolidation and opacities in their chest x-ray and CT scans, compared to non-diabetics. A higher percentage of critical, ICU-admitted, and death of COVID-19 cases in the diabetic group was also reported. This was along with a concomitant increase in C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and lactate dehydrogenase levels. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes is considered a comorbidity as diabetic patients showed more severe COVID-19 symptoms that led to critical clinical outcomes such as ICU admission and death. Saudi Medical Journal 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7989288/ /pubmed/33563736 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25700 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Elemam, Noha M. Hannawi, Haifa Salmi, Issa Al Naeem, Kashif Bin Alokaily, Fahdah Hannawi, Suad Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title | Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title_full | Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title_fullStr | Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title_full_unstemmed | Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title_short | Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates |
title_sort | diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in covid-19 infection in the united arab emirates |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33563736 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25700 |
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