Tag: Diabetes: Misc.
COVID-19 Outcomes Worse With Diabetes, Hyperglycemia
Length of stay longer, mortality higher for those with diabetes and/or acutely uncontrolled hyperglycemia
HTN, Obesity, Diabetes Common in U.S. COVID-19 Patients
Twenty-one percent of hospitalized patients died; 88.1 percent requiring mechanical ventilation died
Heart Rate Variability Related to Risk for Incident Diabetes
Decreased vagal activity, deviation in sympathetic activity may predict diabetes in young Asian adults
Diabetes Increases Risk for Poorer Prognosis in COVID-19
Increased inflammatory response in COVID-19 patients with diabetes thought to worsen pneumonia
March 2020 Briefing – Diabetes & Endocrinology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Diabetes & Endocrinology for March 2020. This roundup includes...
ENDO: Diabetes Diminishes Weight Loss Effect of Bariatric Surgery
Those without diabetes had increased odds of achieving 50 percent or more excess body-weight loss
Online Patient Portal Access Aids Diabetes Management
Significant benefit seen for medication adherence, glycemic control with online portal access
Many Older Adults Receive Inpatient Diabetes Rx Intensification
Benefit unlikely in half due to limited life expectancy or already being at their HbA1c goal
2009 to 2015 Saw Increase in Hyperglycemic Events
Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state events increased in emergency, inpatient settings
Diabetes-Related Lower-Extremity Complications Increasing
In 2016, 1.8 percent of global population had DRLECs, which increased from 1990 estimates
