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ArticleDiabetes research and clinical practice2020

Diabetes and CoViD-19: Experience from the frontline of Internal Medicine wards in Italy.

A Montagnani, F Pieralli, P Gnerre, F Pomero, M Campanini, F Dentali, A Fontanella, D Manfellotto, FADOI CoViD-19 Observatory Group

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Article in Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

A MontagnaniInternal Medicine, Hospital of Pitigliano, Grosseto, Italy.
F PieralliInternal Medicine, Hospital "Careggi", Florence, Italy.
P GnerreInternal Medicine, Hospital "San Paolo", Savona, Italy.
F PomeroInternal Medicine, Hospital "San Lazzaro", Alba, Cuneo, Italy.
M CampaniniDepartment of Medicine, Hospital "Maggiore della Carità", Novara, Italy.
F DentaliDepartment of Medicine, ASST "Sette Laghi", Varese, Italy.
A FontanellaDepartment of Medicine, Hospital "Buon Consiglio Fatebenefratelli", Naples, Italy.
D ManfellottoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital "Fatebenefratelli-AFaR", Rome, Italy.
FADOI CoViD-19 Observatory Group
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale CN2 · ITFatebenefratelli Hospital · ITHospital of Prato · ITOspedale Buon Consiglio Fatebenefratelli · ITOspedale San Paolo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Available data suggest that the issue of CoViD-19 is particularly critical in patients with diabetes. In Italy, Internal Medicine (IM) wards have played a pivotal role in contrasting the spread of SARS-Cov2. During this pandemic, FADOI submitted a brief questionnaire to a group of its members acting as Head of IM units. Considering 38 units, 58% of beds dedicated to CoViD patients in CoViD Hospitals were in charge of IM, and globally cared for 6650 patients during a six-week period. Of these patients, 1264 (19%) had diabetes. Mortality rate in CoViD patients with or without diabetes were 20.5% and 14%, respectively (p < 0.001). Our survey seems to confirm that diabetes is a major comorbidity of CoViD-19, but it does not support an increased incidence of CoViD-19 infection in people with diabetes, if compared with the figures of patients with diabetes and hospitalized before the outbreak. On the other side, patients with diabetes appeared at a significantly increased risk of worse outcome. This finding underlines the importance of paying special attention to this patient population and its management.

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BetacoronavirusComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Diabetes MellitusDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HospitalsHumansIncidenceInternal MedicineItalyPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrognosisSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesCoViD-19MortalityType 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC7367793
OpenAlexW3043089739

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