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Cuadros, C., Quintero, M. (2024). Diabetes mellitus como factor de riesgo para mortalidad por COVID-19 en pacientes adultos en el hospital EsSalud Suárez Angamos en el 2020 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673674
Cuadros, C., Quintero, M. Diabetes mellitus como factor de riesgo para mortalidad por COVID-19 en pacientes adultos en el hospital EsSalud Suárez Angamos en el 2020 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/673674
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title = "Diabetes mellitus como factor de riesgo para mortalidad por COVID-19 en pacientes adultos en el hospital EsSalud Suárez Angamos en el 2020",
author = "Quintero Molina, Matias",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2024"
}
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, has caused millions of deaths. These have been linked to pre-existing diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity and hypertension. However, case fatality studies in Peru have not conclusively shown that DM alone is a risk factor, despite its high prevalence. Our objective was to re-evaluate this possible association by expanding the patients classified as having DM. Methods: Retrospective cohort based on review of medical records. Patients aged 18 years or older hospitalized between June-December 2020 in a medium-complexity hospital with a positive antigenic and/or molecular test for SARS-CoV-2 were included. Exposure was defined as record of DM and/or having blood glucose level >=200 mg/dl on admission. Outcome was death during hospitalization. Poisson models were used to calculate crude and adjusted relative risks (aRR) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) since the proportional hazards assumption was not met. Results: 438 people were included with a median age of 64 years, and 34.47% were women. 32.88% were classified as DM, hospital lethality rate was 32.42% and 30-day survival was 44.99%. After adjusting for days of hospitalization and possible confounders, no association with DM was found. An association was found with pneumonia diagnosis in the first 48 hours (RR 2.76, 95% CI 1.17-6.52), O2 saturation (RR 0.97, 95% CI 1.17-6.52) and creatinine levels (RR 1.12, 95% CI 1.05-1.20). Conclusions: There was no association between DM diagnosis and lethality. However, other possible factors were identified such as pneumonia, oxygen saturation, and creatinine levels at admission, which could serve to identify people at risk.
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