tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
World J Virol
. 2022 Mar 25;11(2):111-112.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i2.111.
Novel appearance of hyperglycemia/diabetes, associated with COVID-19
Ioannis Ilias[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
In a recent meta-analysis the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hyperglycemia was 25%, and that of COVID-19-associated new-onset diabetes was 19%. An association between hyperglycemia or new-onset diabetes and COVID-19 has been suggested. In a recent relevant study of critically and non-critically ill patients with COVID-19, we found that indeed beta-cell function was compromised in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and that these patients showed a high glycemic gap. Nevertheless, one quarter of critically ill patients with no history of diabetes have stress hyperglycemia, a finding which could obscure the prevalence of hyperglycemia or new-onset diabetes that could be attributed to COVID-19 per se.
Keywords: Blood glucose; Hospitalization; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Pandemics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
. 2022 Mar 25;11(2):111-112.
doi: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i2.111.
Novel appearance of hyperglycemia/diabetes, associated with COVID-19
Ioannis Ilias[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35433337
- PMCID: PMC8966594
- DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i2.111
Abstract
In a recent meta-analysis the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated hyperglycemia was 25%, and that of COVID-19-associated new-onset diabetes was 19%. An association between hyperglycemia or new-onset diabetes and COVID-19 has been suggested. In a recent relevant study of critically and non-critically ill patients with COVID-19, we found that indeed beta-cell function was compromised in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and that these patients showed a high glycemic gap. Nevertheless, one quarter of critically ill patients with no history of diabetes have stress hyperglycemia, a finding which could obscure the prevalence of hyperglycemia or new-onset diabetes that could be attributed to COVID-19 per se.
Keywords: Blood glucose; Hospitalization; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Pandemics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.