Volume 26, Issue 127, September 2022

Severity of COVID 19 and emergency intervention need in diabetic patients

Faheem Mohammed Alanazi¹, Hisham Fahad Alyahya², Abdulrahman Sulaiman Yamani³, Ahmed Abdullah Alsaleh⁴, Samah Hamoud Alshammari⁴, Ahad Mohammed ALqubaidie⁴, Yazeed Abdulaziz Alrashed⁴, Shoug Abdullah Alshiky⁴, Bayan Saleh Alghamdi⁴, Hassan Munthir Abdulmohsen Alabbad⁴, Hussam Mohammed Alzahrani⁴, Abdullah Mashan Alanazi⁴, Ali Hassan Almasskin⁴, Saleh Hazzaa Alharbi⁴

¹Emergency Consultant, Emergency Department, General Hospital KSMC, Riyadh, KSA
²Emergency resident, Emergency department, General Hospital Riyadh's KSMC, KSA
³Emergency resident, Emergency department, General Hospital Riyadh's KSMC, KSA
⁴Medical Intern, Vision faculty of Medicine, Colleges of Vision, Riyadh, KSA

ABSTRACT

According to many studies, coronavirus disease is a major problem globally because it adds a health burden to governments and health authorities, as well as diabetes mellitus, which was suggested to be a predictor of COVID severity and ICU admission needs. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the severity of COVID in admitted diabetic patients if compared to non-diabetics. This retrospective study was conducted in KSMC, Riyadh, KSA in the period from 1 May to 1 July 2021. Our results found that diabetes in COVID patients is associated with a high percentage of severe disease. Vital signs on admission were also shown to be an indicator of disease severity.

Keywords: COVID, diabetes, severity, emergency, vital signs

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms383e2462

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i127/ms383e2462

Published: 27 September 2022