Alliance of two pandemics: COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Objective: to study the features of the course of viral pneumonia in patients with diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods. A random sampling method was used to conduct a retrospective analysis of 300 archival medical records of inpatients with laboratory-instrumentally confirmed COVID-associated pneumonia for the period 2020-2022. Results. As a result of the study, two groups were formed - the main and control. The main group included 150 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus; the control group consisted of 150 patients without diabetes mellitus. The average number of bed-days spent by the main group in the hospital was 12.4 days, the control group - 10.5 days (р˂0.001). Significantly more often, the main group of patients is diagnosed with a serious condition at the time of hospitalization, as well as unilateral localization of the pathological process in the lungs. Conclusion. In patients with diabetes mellitus and pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus infection, a dependence of the volume fraction of lung tissue damage on the level of hyperglycemia was revealed. In patients with DM, anticoagulant therapy was carried out longer during inpatient treatment, combinations of several groups of antibacterial drugs were used more often, and the starting dose of glucocorticosteroids was also higher.