September 17, 2020

Mortality Rate and Predictors of Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics

• Older age (≥70 years) and a high serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level significantly predicted mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes in South Korea. Diabetes was present in 55 (17%) of 324 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 at two tertiary healthcare facilities. The mortality rate was much higher among patients with diabetes than among those without (20% vs 5%). The authors suggest that COVID-19 patients with diabetes should be closely considered at high risk of COVID-19 mortality.

Acharya et al. (Sept 13, 2020). Mortality Rate and Predictors of Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes. Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030338