Courtney N Petagna, Stephen Perez, Erica Hsu, Brenda M Greene, Ionie Banner, Robert A Bednarczyk, Cam Escoffery
Facilitators and barriers of HPV vaccination: a qualitative study in rural Georgia
BMC cancer
background objectives covid19 pandemic increased number hospitalized covid19positive patients suffering type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm objective research study explore factors associated length hospitalization patients t2dm mild form covid19 material methods retrospective cohort study involved patients tested positive covid19 treated dedicated covid19 department university clinical center ucc nis 10 september 2021 31 december 2021 upon admission patients underwent blood tests biochemical analysis including blood count kidney liver function parameters creactive protein crp creatinine kinase ddimer glycemia hba1c assessments additionally patients underwent lung radiography univariate multivariate regression analyses employed assess impact specific factors length hospitalization among patients t2dm results total 549 treated covid19positive patients 124 210 t2dm 470 790 diabetes among patients t2dm men significantly younger women 606 168 vs 642 153 p 001 average hospitalization length patients diabetes 202 96 5 54 days significantly longer patients without diabetes 150 34 ranged 3 days 39 ttest 586 p 005 according results univariate regression analysis year age associated increase length hospital stay 006 days 95 ci 0024 0128 p 0004 patients received oxygen therapy treated 28 days longer receive oxygen treatment 95 ci 0687 4988 p 0010 oneunit increase crp level associated 002day reduction length hospitalization 95 ci 0004 0029 p 0008 based results multivariate regression analysis year age associated increase length hospitalization 007 days 95 ci 0022 0110 p 0003 patients received oxygen therapy treated 32 days longer receive oxygen therapy 95 ci 0653 5726 p 0014 unit increase crp level associated 002day reduction length hospitalization 95 ci 0005 0028 p 0004 conclusions based presented results covid19positive patients diabetes average longer hospitalizations covid19 patients without diabetes hospital treatment patients t2dm milder form covid19 associated older age use oxygen therapy elevated crp values patients received oxygen therapy treated approximately 3 days longer receive therapy