Hisham M Abdelrahim
Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SudanPublications
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Research
The Increasing Prevalence of DM in COVID-19 Patients: Is it a Matter of Diabetogenicity?
Author(s): Sufian Khalid, Khadeja Ismail Osman Farah, Awadalkareem AA, Musa Kheir D, Hisham M Abdelrahim, Motwakil lmam Awadelkareim, Ahmed ElSayed, Mohamed Osman Elamin*, Mohammed Salah, Ahmed A Osman, Ali M Alshehri, Hatim Abdullah Natto and Nazik Mubarak
Background: COVID-19 had made more than 197 million infections and 4 million deaths. Therefore, we need to assess the prevalence of DM among COVID-19 patients and its effect on the outcome. Objectives: We aim to assess the prevalence, risk factors and outcome of diabetes among COVID-19 patients. Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, hospital-based study enrolled 400 COVID-19 patients and was conducted in COVID-19 isolation centers in North Sudan. Results: Males constituted 275 (68.9%) of the study participants, and the majority of participants were aged between 40 and 60 years 150(37.4%). The prevalence of DM was found to be 49.25% in the study participants. Diabetics were significantly more likely to have a respiratory rate higher than 30 (P=0.012), and oxygen saturation less than 93% (P<0.001), to develop shock (P=0.004), to require oxygen therapy (P<0.001), to be .. Read More»