scholarly journals Letter to the editor: Unexpected high mortality in COVID-19 and diabetic ketoacidosis

Metabolism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 154301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Chamorro-Pareja ◽  
Sahana Parthasarathy ◽  
Jayabhargav Annam ◽  
Julie Hoffman ◽  
Christine Coyle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Letter To The Editor

Letter To The Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-720
Author(s):  
E. H. Christopherson ◽  
Alfred Yankauer
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
One Stage ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Almost All

For the Committee, and its subcommittee most closely involved, Dr. Christopherson and Dr. Yankauer replied to this letter as follows: At one stage in the development of the Committee's Statement on Child Health and Community Health Centers in the Americas, it included almost all the points which Dr. Elbualy has raised in his letter. These were eventually reduced to a few words in the eighth and ninth paragraphs of the published statement which refer to the "overwhelming social, economic, and cultural inequities and inadequacies" which lead to high mortality among the children of the poor.

scholarly journals The Pathophysiology and Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Cornelia Tilinca ◽  
Maximilian Cosma Gliga ◽  
Andreea Varga
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Prognostic Sign ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Diabetic individuals are considered a vulnerable population during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and several studies noted worse outcomes, including death, among those who get infected. Diabetic emergencies, such as ketoacidosis (DKA), are common and potentially life-threatening conditions in uncontrolled patients. While the pathophysiological background of the relationship between COVID-19 and DKA is not fully understood, early reports available so far indicate that patients with pre-existing diabetes who get infected with the SARS-CoV 2 virus are at higher risk of DKA. It was also suggested that DKA is a poor prognostic sign for infected patients, these being at higher risk of developing worse forms of COVID-19 disease and having high mortality. Therefore, healthcare personnel dealing with such patients face a considerable challenge, as the correct and safe emergency management of such cases is far from established. This article aimed to conduct a study that reviews the current published data available about patients with DKA and COVID-19.

Letter To The Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1042-1044
Author(s):  
I. M. Moriyama
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Nonwhite Population

We are grateful to two authorities for the following replies to Dr. Nickey. First, Dr. Moriyama: Is the differential between the infant mortality rate for the United States (22.4 per 1,000 live births in 1967) and the corresponding rate for Sweden (13.7), the Netherlands (13.4), Norway (14.8), and other countries of low mortality real?1, 2 One possible reason for the large differential is the contribution that the nonwhite population makes to the relatively high mortality rate for the United States.

scholarly journals The first presentation of diabetes in a four-month-old infant with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) precipitating by COVID-19: a case report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Maleki ◽  
Amir Baniasad ◽  
Mina Sepehran ◽  
Najmeh Davoudian
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Neonatal Diabetes ◽  
Clinical Context

Diabetes mellitus is rare in infants and causes a high mortality when complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).The concomitant of COVID-19 and DKA in four-month infant with first presentation of neonatal diabetes shows that COVID-19 can accelerate the onset of DKA, and we should consider this in the clinical context.

scholarly journals Diabetic ketoacidosis and high mortality among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in a Peruvian hospital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddy Lopez‐Huamanrayme ◽  
Claudia Cordova‐Huancas ◽  
Dioni Garate‐Chirinos ◽  
Frank Espinoza‐Morales ◽  
Francisco Pasquel
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ◽  
High Mortality

scholarly journals “Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek Choksi ◽  
Kairavee Dave ◽  
Rulz Cantave ◽  
Sameer Shaharyar ◽  
Jeevan Joseph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Gastroesophageal Junction ◽  
Distal Esophagus ◽  
Esophageal Mucosa ◽  
Acute Esophageal Necrosis ◽  
Black Esophagus ◽  
Sixth Decade

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) also known as “black esophagus” or necrotizing esophagitis is a rare syndrome characterized by a striking diffuse patchy or circumferential black appearance of the esophageal mucosa that preferentially affects the distal esophagus and terminates at the gastroesophageal junction. Only 88 patients over a span of 40 years have received this diagnosis, and the prevalence of this disease ranges from 0.001 to 0.2% of cases in literature. It more commonly affects men (4 : 1 ratio) in the sixth decade of life. It is associated with a high mortality rate, approaching 32%. We report a case of AEN presenting in the setting of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), affecting both the proximal and distal esophagus.

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