Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Coronavirus Disease Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Cureus. 2020 Aug 14;12(8):e9731. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9731.

ABSTRACT

The occurrence of diabetes is increasing globally and carries a variety of complications, such as thromboembolism, acute cerebrovascular accidents, and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Although DKA is not commonly associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D), it can manifest in patients who have underlying comorbidities predisposed to DKA. Since the emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we have seen many cases and studies on the underlying pathophysiology of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia with or without respiratory failure. We have also learned that the angiotensin-converting enzyme receptor is one of the major entry sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and it might be one of the causes that predispose patients to DKA. However, few studies exist that explore the development of DKA in T2D with SARS-CoV-2 infection. We present two cases of patients with DKA and COVID-19 treated with an insulin regimen with no further complications.

PMID:32953287 | PMC:PMC7491247 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.9731

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