THE IMPACT OF ANTIDIABETES AGENTS IN COVID-19 PATIENT
Antonio Vitiello, Raffaele La Porta, Chiara Pelliccia, Francesco Ferrara*
ABSTRACT
Beckgroung:The current Covid 19 infection has been one of the most difficult challenges the world has faced in recent years, mainly due to fatal lung injury caused by a generalized inflammatory state. Objective: Diabetes patients are those most at risk of contracting Covid infection19. Materials and method: the main risk factors are age, concomitant drug therapy, kidney failure, hyperglycaemia, and copresence of cardiovascular disease. Regulating the blood glucose level is important. Results: the patient with diabetes must be monitored both in the pharmacological treatment in case of infection and in the preventive phase in the regulation of glycaemia. Conclusion: this article is intended to check the clinical condition of a diabetic patient with Covid19.
Keywords: COVID-19, inflammatory, diabetes, hyperglycemia, immunomodulants, Sars-Cov-2.
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