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A High-Throughput Multiplexed Screening for Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Diseases, and COVID-19
Published on: July 5, 2022
DIABETES MELLITUS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS: VERDICT OR NOT?
Oleksandr A Halushko1, Maryna A Trishchynska1, Tetiana M Povietkina1
1SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, KYIV, UKRAINE.
Objective:
The aim: To investigate the causes of the negative impact of diabetes mellitus co-morbidity on the onset and development of COVID-19 in diabetic patients.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: Electronic databases of MEDLINE and Google Scholar were searched using keyword searches.
Conclusion:
Conclusions: 1. Diabetes mellitus is not a verdict. Diabetic patients can have COVID-19 with the same frequency as other people. And diabetes mellitus co-morbidity does not increase the probability of development COVID-19. 2. Previous diabetes can contribute the complications of COVID-19, patient's severe condition and can increase the mortality. 3. The reasons for the negative results of COVID 19 treatment in patients with diabetes may be: features of autonomic innervation in patients with diabetes, impaired function of pancreatic islet cells due to the influence of SARS-CoV-2, use of some cardiac drugs, expression of inflammatory factors due to infection.
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