Publications by authors named "Vikram Cheryala"

It is of interest to assess the immediate and antecedent causes of mortality amongst adult COVID-19 infected patients with or without comorbidities admitted in an exclusive COVID-19 hospital was conducted the between August 2020 to May 2021. The immediate and antecedent causes were collected from the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD). Remaining data was extracted from the hospital's record.

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Background: Diabetes, is known to have a bilateral relationship with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Precise mechanism of diabetes onset in COVID-19 patients remains unclear.

Aim: To analyse the incidence of new onset diabetes (NODM) among COVID-19 patients, as well as the effect of body mass index (BMI), family history, and steroid use on the incidence of the disease.

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Aim: To study the clinicodemographic profile, outcomes, and post-COVID change in glycemic control among treated COVID-19-infected patients with poorly controlled or well-controlled diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: Adult COVID-19-infected patients who tested positive with rapid antigen test or RT-PCR admitted were included in this prospective observational study. Patients were divided into well-controlled and poorly controlled diabetes group based on HbA1c values at admission.

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