Natalie Benda, Kylie Dougherty, Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu, John N Cranmer, Sakie Zawtha, Katerina Andreadis, Heran Biza, Ruth Masterson Creber
Designing Electronic Data Capture Systems for Sustainability in Low-Resource Settings: Viewpoint With Lessons Learned From Ethiopia and Myanmar
JMIR public health and surveillance
communityacquired pneumonia cap one leading infectious causes mortality diabetes mellitus globally prevalent disease consequently cooccurrence two disorders common create challenging medical conditions therefore aimed compare various aspects cap diabetic nondiabetic patients order comprehensive comparative picture differences crosssectional study cap patients without diabetes assessed clinicoradiological signs laboratory features disease severity pneumonia outcomes analyzed herein 172 cap patients 77 diabetes 95 nondiabetic clinical radiological signs pneumonia mostly similar groups except purulent sputum prevalent among nondiabetic patients laboratory results also mostly similar however analysis outcomes prognosis showed different results diabetic patients longer mean duration hospital stay 852 days vs 793 days p 0015 higher median pneumonia severity based curb65 criteria 3 vs 2 p 0016 higher intensive care unit icu admission requirement 221 vs 73 p 0004 moreover mortality rate diabetic patients nonsignificantly higher 168 vs 157 p 0453 furthermore results logistic regression analysis showed diabetic patients significantly higher odds experiencing severe forms pneumonia adjusted odds ratio aor 577 95 ci 2521320 requiring icu hospitalization aor 356 95 ci 139911 longer hospital stay aor 201 95 ci 109371 addition although significant relationship severity pneumonia amount glycated hemoglobin hba1c diabetic patients p 0940 higher level hba1c nondiabetic patients significantly correlated higher severity pneumonia p 0002 diabetic patients cap clinicoradiological laboratory features nondiabetic patients presence diabetes significantly worsen outcomes prognosis pneumonia