COVID-19 and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Single Center Experience.

covid-19 diabetes type 2 diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) dka hyperglycemic crisis hyperglycemic hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome sars-cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -2) severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 type i diabetes mellitus

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
30 Jan 2021
Historique:
entrez: 5 2 2021
pubmed: 6 2 2021
medline: 6 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

 To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) -- a single center tertiary hospital experience.  A retrospective study was conducted among patients admitted to our hospital in the United States between March 1  A total number of 43 patients were included in this study. The median age was 52 years. Thirty-three (76.7%) patients were male. Median value of initial glucose on presentation was 553 mg/dL (300.0-1927.0 mg/dL). On admission, 33 (76.7%) patients had glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 8% (64 mmol/mol) and HbA1c was not obtained in 10 (23.3%) patients. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was seen in 37 (86.0%) patients, 6 (14%) patients required renal replacement therapy and 22 (51.2%) required mechanical ventilation. Among the 43 patients, 25 (58.1%) died. Out of 25 patients who died 15 (60.0%) were Hispanics, 6 (24.0%) were White, 3 (12.0%) were African American, 1 (4%) was Arabic, and 1 (4%) was Asian. The patients who died were older in age than who survived (mean age 58 ± 6.13 vs 46 ± 9.39; p = 0.023). Some 95% of the patients requiring mechanical ventilation died (odds ratio [OR]: 89.25; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.10-874.96); p = 0.001). Compared to survivors, nonsurvivors had significantly higher d-dimer (13.00 ± 3.20 mcg/mL vs 6.15 ± 3.66 mcg/mL; p< 0.006) and peak ferritin values (2763.66 ± 1105.32 ng/mL vs 835.16 ± 257.07 ng/mL; p= 0.016).  Conclusion: Our retrospective study shows COVID-19 infection may present as DKA in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Older age, mechanical ventilation, elevated d-dimer, and ferritin are associated with poor prognosis in these patients. Our study shows that COVID-19 is associated with substantial mortality in DKA patients and adds to the limited literature available regarding poor risk factors associated with mortality in these patients.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
 To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) -- a single center tertiary hospital experience.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
 A retrospective study was conducted among patients admitted to our hospital in the United States between March 1
RESULTS RESULTS
 A total number of 43 patients were included in this study. The median age was 52 years. Thirty-three (76.7%) patients were male. Median value of initial glucose on presentation was 553 mg/dL (300.0-1927.0 mg/dL). On admission, 33 (76.7%) patients had glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 8% (64 mmol/mol) and HbA1c was not obtained in 10 (23.3%) patients. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was seen in 37 (86.0%) patients, 6 (14%) patients required renal replacement therapy and 22 (51.2%) required mechanical ventilation. Among the 43 patients, 25 (58.1%) died. Out of 25 patients who died 15 (60.0%) were Hispanics, 6 (24.0%) were White, 3 (12.0%) were African American, 1 (4%) was Arabic, and 1 (4%) was Asian. The patients who died were older in age than who survived (mean age 58 ± 6.13 vs 46 ± 9.39; p = 0.023). Some 95% of the patients requiring mechanical ventilation died (odds ratio [OR]: 89.25; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.10-874.96); p = 0.001). Compared to survivors, nonsurvivors had significantly higher d-dimer (13.00 ± 3.20 mcg/mL vs 6.15 ± 3.66 mcg/mL; p< 0.006) and peak ferritin values (2763.66 ± 1105.32 ng/mL vs 835.16 ± 257.07 ng/mL; p= 0.016).  Conclusion: Our retrospective study shows COVID-19 infection may present as DKA in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Older age, mechanical ventilation, elevated d-dimer, and ferritin are associated with poor prognosis in these patients. Our study shows that COVID-19 is associated with substantial mortality in DKA patients and adds to the limited literature available regarding poor risk factors associated with mortality in these patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33542884
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13000
pmc: PMC7847783
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e13000

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Singh et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Balraj Singh (B)

Hematology/Oncology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Parminder Kaur (P)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Prem Patel (P)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Ro-Jay Reid (RJ)

Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Abhishek Kumar (A)

Hematology/Oncology, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, USA.

Supreet Kaur (S)

Hematology/Oncology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Nirmal Guragai (N)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Abanoub Rushdy (A)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Mahesh Bikkina (M)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

Fayez Shamoon (F)

Cardiology, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.

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