Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: A risk factor for post COVID fibrosis

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2021 Jan 25;91(1). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1607.

Abstract

Dear Editor, The Corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the Wuhan province of china in December 2019. COVID-19 spread to the world in a short time and was declared as public health emergency of international concern by World Health Organization...

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19* / complications
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • COVID-19* / mortality
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Fibrosis / etiology
  • Fibrosis / therapy
  • Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis*
  • Glycemic Control / standards
  • Home Care Services
  • Humans
  • Lung* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung* / pathology
  • Male
  • Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / methods*
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glycated Hemoglobin A