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Hyperglycemia predicts COVID-19 death even without diabetes

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Hyperglycemia predicts COVID-19 death even without diabetes Medscape (free login required) Nearly half of hospitalized COVID-19 patients without a prior diabetes diagnosis have hyperglycemia, and the latter is an independent predictor of mortality at 28 days, new research indicates. Several previous studies have demonstrated a link between hyperglycemia and worse outcomes in COVID-19, and at least one diabetes diagnosis, but this is the first to focus specifically on that group of patients. READ MORE

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