COVID ‐19 infection may cause ketosis and ketoacidosis
Equilibrium Research · Central Hospital of Wuhan · +1 more institution
Abstract
The present study included 658 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19. Forty-two (6.4%) out of 658 patients presented with ketosis on admission with no obvious fever or diarrhoea. They had a median (interquartile range [IQR]) age of 47.0 (38.0-70.3) years, and 16 (38.1%) were men. Patients with ketosis were younger (median age 47.0 vs. 58.0 years; P = 0.003) and had a greater prevalence of fatigue (31.0% vs. 10.6%; P
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 11.07
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 13
Authors
6- JLJuyi LiCorresponding
Equilibrium Research, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- XWXiufang Wang
Equilibrium Research, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- JCJian Chen
Equilibrium Research, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- XZXiuran Zuo
Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- HZHongmei Zhang
Central Hospital of Wuhan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Ketosis
- Interquartile range
- Acidosis
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Ketoacidosis
- Diabetes mellitus
- Internal medicine
- Good health and well-being