1. Admission hyperglycaemia as a predictor of mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 regardless of diabetes status: data from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry
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Julio César Blázquez Encinar, Francisco Javier Martínez-Marcos, María Esther Guisado Espartero, J. Peña, Davide Luordo, Ricardo Gómez Huelgas, Carmen Suárez Fernández, Santiago Jesús Freire Castro, Jeffrey Oskar Magallanes Gamboa, Raquel Gómez Méndez, Natalia Vicente López, Carlos Jorge Ripper, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, Joaquim Fernández Sola, Andrés de la Peña Fernández, Jose Javier Napal Lecumberri, María Gloria Rojano Rivero, José Manuel Ramos Rincón, Paula Maria Pesqueira Fontan, Francisco Javier Carrasco-Sánchez, Mª Dolores López-Carmona, Verónica Buonaiuto, Berta Román Bernal, Francisco Amorós Martínez, Alicia Hidalgo-Jiménez, SEMI-COVID-19 Network, [Carrasco-Sánchez,FJ, Hidalgo-Jiménez,A] Internal Medicine Department, Juan Ramón Jiménez University Hospital, Huelva, Spain. [López-Carmona,MD, Pérez-Belmonte,LM, Buonaiuto,V, Gómez Huelgas,R] Internal Medicine Department, Málaga Regional University Hospital, Málaga, Spain. [Martínez-Marcos,FJ] Clinical Infectious Disease Unit, Juan Ramón Jiménez University Hospital, Huelva, Spain. [Suárez Fernández,C] Internal Medicine Department, La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. [Freire Castro,SJ] Internal Medicine Department, A Coruña University Hospital, A Coruña, Spain. [Luordo,D] Internal Medicine Department, Infanta Cristina University Hospital, Parla, Spain. [Pesqueira Fontan,PM] Internal Medicine Department, Santiago Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain. [Blázquez Encinar,JC] Internal Medicine Department, Torrevieja University Hospital, Torrevieja, Spain. [Magallanes Gamboa,JO] Internal Medicine Department, Nuestra Señora del Prado Hospital, Talavera de la Reina, Spain. [de la Peña Fernández,A] Internal Medicine Department, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. [Torres Peña,JD] Lipis and Atherosclerosis Unit, Department of Interna Medicine, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Spain. [Torres Peña,JD] CIBER Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Insituto de Salud Carlos III, Córdoba, Spain. [Fernández Solà,J] Internal Medicine Department, Barcelona Clinical Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. [Napal Lecumberri,JJ] Internal Medicine Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain. [Amorós Martínez,F] Internal Medicine Department, Vinalopó University Hospital, Elche, Spain. [Guisado Espartero,ME] Internal Medicine Department, Infanta Margarita Hospital, Cabra, Spain. [Jorge Ripper,C] Internal Medicine Department, Insular de Gran Canaria Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. [Gómez Méndez] Internal Medicine Department, Lucus Augusti University Hospital, Lugo, Spain. [Vicente López,N] Internal Medicine Department, Sureste University Hospital, Arganda del Rey, Spain. [Román Bernal,B] Internal Medicine Department, Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital, Arrecife, Spain. [Rojano Rivero,MG] Internal Medicine Department, Infanta Elena Hospital, Huelva Hospital, Huelva, Spain. [Ramos Rincón,JM] Internal Medicine Department, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain., and The study was completely support by the Spanish Federation of Internal Medicine.
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Background Hyperglycaemia has emerged as an important risk factor for death in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between blood glucose (BG) levels and in-hospital mortality in non-critically patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods This is a retrospective multi-centre study involving patients hospitalized in Spain. Patients were categorized into three groups according to admission BG levels: 180 mg/dL. The primary endpoint was all-cause in-hospital mortality. Results Of the 11,312 patients, only 2128 (18.9%) had diabetes and 2289 (20.4%) died during hospitalization. The in-hospital mortality rates were 15.7% (180 mg/dL), p.001. The cumulative probability of mortality was significantly higher in patients with hyperglycaemia compared to patients with normoglycaemia (log rank, p.001), independently of pre-existing diabetes. Hyperglycaemia (after adjusting for age, diabetes, hypertension and other confounding factors) was an independent risk factor of mortality (BG >180 mg/dL: HR 1.50; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.31-1.73) (BG 140-180 mg/dL; HR 1.48; 95%CI: 1.29-1.70). Hyperglycaemia was also associated with requirement for mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mortality. Conclusions Admission hyperglycaemia is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality in non-critically hospitalized COVID-19 patients regardless of prior history of diabetes. KEY MESSAGE Admission hyperglycaemia is a stronger and independent risk factor for mortality in COVID-19. Screening for hyperglycaemia, in patients without diabetes, and early treatment of hyperglycaemia should be mandatory in the management of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Admission hyperglycaemia should not be overlooked in all patients regardless prior history of diabetes., The study was completely support by the Spanish Federation of Internal Medicine.
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- 2020