Protamine-containing insulin but not analog insulin and duration of insulin use are risk factors for the production of insulin autoantibodies in insulin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus

Mucormycosis (MCR) has been increasingly described in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but the epidemiological factors, presentation, diagnostic certainty, and outcome of such patients are not well described. We review the published COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAMCR) cases (total 41) to identify risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes. CAMCR was typically seen in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) (94%) especially the ones with poorly controlled DM (67%) and severe or critical COVID-19 (95%). Its presentation was typical of MCR seen in diabetic patients (mostly rhino-orbital and rhino-orbital-cerebral presentation). In sharp contrast to reported COVID-associated aspergillosis (CAPA) cases, nearly all CAMCR infections were proven (93%). Treating physicians should have a high suspicion for CAMCR in patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and severe COVID-19 presenting with rhino-orbital or rhino-cerebral syndromes. CAMR is the convergence of two storms, one of DM and the other of COVID-19.

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Inflammation and hypercoagulopathy are predominant risk factors of severity in COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus: Summary of a meta-analysis

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.dsx.2021.02.021 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sujan K. Dhar ◽

Kartik Sachdeva ◽

Manjula Das

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Patients With Diabetes

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Lack of association between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma-2 gene variants and the occurrence of coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes mellitus

Acta Endocrinologica ◽

10.1530/eje.0.1460545 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 545-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

M Bluher ◽

T Klemm ◽

T Gerike ◽

H Krankenberg ◽

G Schuler ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Coronary Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Peroxisome Proliferator ◽

Haemoglobin A1c ◽

Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Reduced Risk

OBJECTIVE: Recent evidence indicates that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) is expressed at high levels in foam cells of atherosclerotic lesions, that PPARgamma agonists may directly modulate vessel wall function and that mutations in the PPARgamma-2 gene are associated with a reduced risk of coronary artery disease. METHODS: We investigated whether known variants in the PPARgamma-2 gene are associated with the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in 365 patients with type 2 diabetes, prospectively characterised for the presence or absence of CHD. The Pro115Gln, Pro12Ala, Pro467Leu, Val290Met mutations and two polymorphisms C478T and C161T of the PPARgamma-2 gene were examined using PCR, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and direct sequencing. RESULTS: The distribution of the Pro12Ala, Ala12Ala, C161T and T161T variants was not significantly different between patients with and without CHD, independent of the gender. The Pro12Ala (P=0.011) and the Ala12Ala (P=0.006) variant were associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) compared with the Pro12Pro genotype. A multiple logistic regression analysis introducing the typical risk factors for CHD (age, sex, hypertension, smoking, BMI >26 kg/m2, elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol and haemoglobin A1c >7%) identified age >60, male gender, hypertension and a higher BMI, but not the PPARgamma-2 variants, as significant risk factors for CHD in our study groups. CONCLUSION: The PPARgamma-2 genotype was not associated with an increased or reduced risk of the occurrence of CHD and can therefore not be regarded as an independent risk factor for CHD in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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Predictors of sliding scale insulin use by housestaff physicians in the management of hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus

Therapy ◽

10.2217/14750708.3.3.395 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 395-398

Author(s):

Samy I McFarlane ◽

Agnieszka Gliwa ◽

Chard Bubb ◽

Linda Joseph ◽

Surender Arora ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Sliding Scale ◽

Insulin Use

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Prevalence of Toenail Onychomycosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Evaluation of Risk Factors

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association ◽

10.7547/1010049 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 101 (1) ◽

pp. 49-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Aynur Gulcan ◽

Erim Gulcan ◽

Sukru Oksuz ◽

Idris Sahin ◽

Demet Kaya

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Fasting Blood Glucose ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Essential Components ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Epidemiologic Risk

Background: We sought to determine the frequency of toenail onychomycosis in diabetic patients, to identify the causative agents, and to evaluate the epidemiologic risk factors. Methods: Data regarding patients’ diabetic characteristics were recorded by the attending internal medicine clinician. Clinical examinations of patients’ toenails were performed by a dermatologist, and specimens were collected from the nails to establish the onycomycotic abnormality. All of the specimens were analyzed by direct microscopy and culture. Results: Of 321 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, clinical onychomycosis was diagnosed in 162; 41 of those diagnoses were confirmed mycologically. Of the isolated fungi, 23 were yeasts and 18 were dermatophytes. Significant correlations were found between the frequency of onychomycosis and retinopathy, neuropathy, obesity, family history, and duration of diabetes. However, no correlation was found with sex, age, educational level, occupation, area of residence, levels of hemoglobin A1c and fasting blood glucose, and nephropathy. The most frequently isolated agents from clinical specimens were yeasts. Conclusions: Long-term control of glycemia to prevent chronic complications and obesity and to promote education about the importance of foot and nail care should be essential components in preventing onychomycosis and its potential complications, such as secondary foot lesions, in patients with diabetes mellitus. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 101(1): 49–54, 2011)

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Features of the course of coronavirus infection in patients with diabetes mellitus

Spravočnik vrača obŝej praktiki (Journal of Family Medicine) ◽

10.33920/med-10-2201-02 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 18-21

Author(s):

Vladimir Anatolievich Klimov ◽

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Human Population ◽

Fatal Outcome ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Adverse Outcomes ◽

Concomitant Disease ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Coronavirus Infection ◽

Population Mortality

Diabetesmellitus, overweight and the age of a patient over 65 years old are identified by clinicians as themain factors that can complicate the course of the coronavirus infection and increase the likelihood of fatal outcome. Although in the general human population mortality from coronavirus fluctuateswithin 3–5 %, sometimes very significantly differing in individual countries, this level can reach 15–25 % among patientswith diabetes, especially for those receiving insulin therapy. Diabetes mellitus as a concomitant disease in COVID-19 is considered one of the most significant risk factors for the development of adverse outcomes due to a more severe course of infection in conditions of hyperglycemia and other aggravating factors.

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