The Severity of COVID 19 in Diabetes and Non-diabetes Patients

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The following data from a person tested positive for COVID 19 and hospitalized will be collected. Patient's anthropometry (height in cms, weight in kgs and body mass index in kg/m2), blood pressure, symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, fatigue, cough, cephalalgia, dyspnoea, rhinitis, pharyngeal symptoms, ag...

The following data from a person tested positive for COVID 19 and hospitalized will be collected. Patient's anthropometry (height in cms, weight in kgs and body mass index in kg/m2), blood pressure, symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, fatigue, cough, cephalalgia, dyspnoea, rhinitis, pharyngeal symptoms, ageusia, anosmia, digestive disorders), history of smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy), macrovascular (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease) complications and other co morbid conditions will be recorded. Fasting blood glucose, HbA1c and any other relevant investigations if available and treatment for COVID-19 and other co morbid conditions will be recorded. Details of patients developing new symptoms, shifted to ICU, intubated or died during the course of treatment will be recorded. Appearance of any complication during the stay at hospital will be recorded. The changes in the treatment pattern during the course of the disease will also be noted. The registry will be fully anonymised and statistician will have no access to patients' personal identifiers. All "investigators" will have to register before entering data in the registry. Data about clinical observations for the individual patient will be entered by clinicians or by authorised research personnel of the care team in the web registry. Patients' name, date of birth, date of death, residential postal code, hospital number will be fully anonymised at source. In no circumstances, patients' identifiable data be available to anyone outside their own care teams or authorised local administration/research personnel. Patient data will not at any stage will be in identifiable form by the registry managers. The data to be collected from the patients are mentioned in the visit chart.

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